November 26, 1987: David’s friend and mentor, photographer Peter Hujar (b. Oct 11, 1934) dies of AIDS-related illness at the age of 53. Accompanied by Ethyl Eichenberger and Anita Vitale, David is at Peter’s side in the hospital. He takes still and moving images of Peter after death and later assembles them into Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar), 1987. Peter is buried days later and David travels upstate to visit Peter’s graveside.