The Wonderful World that Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek by Andrew Durbin #literature ' ELODIE HARPER

' ELODIE HARPER

In celebration of legendary chef Jacques Pépin’s legacy and two premier passions in life

including beautifully designed interior art

comic novels and his local church

The Wonderful World that Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek by Andrew Durbin #literature ' ELODIE HARPERThe work of photographer Peter Hujar defined downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Paul Thek was an American sculptor and painter. Hujar and Thek met in 1956 and shared a strong intellectual and artistic connection that influenced the work of both artists. The Wonderful World That Almost Was follows the development of the intense friendship and romance between them, from their first encounter in Miami to the painful end of their friendship in the