
David Wojnarowicz's Hands with Snake
<p>This photograph foregrounds a small snake moving between the index fingers of Hujar’s friend and fellow artist David Wojnarowicz, in what appears to be a tender moment with an often misunderstood and feared creature. Hujar frequently photographed animals, giving them the same careful attention he lent his human subjects. He typically positioned the camera at the creatures’ eye level, suggesting an egalitarian view of living beings.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1981
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 37.4 × 47.5 cm (14 3/4 × 18 3/4 in.); paper: 40.9 × 50.4 cm (16 1/8 × 19 7/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Peter Hujar
Artist

Photography
Peter Hujar was an American photographer best known for his black-and-white portraits. Hujar's work received only marginal public recognition during his lifetime, but he has since been recognized as a major American photographer of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Record
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- Peter Hujar
- Year
- 1981
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 37.4 × 47.5 cm (14 3/4 × 18 3/4 in.); paper: 40.9 × 50.4 cm (16 1/8 × 19 7/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1981-116210
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





