Pieter Hugo
Pieter Hugo (born October 29, 1976 in Johannesburg ) is a South African photographer who deals with portraits and documentaries from his home country South Africa and Africa . Hugo lives and works in a loft in Cape Town with a view of Table Mountain .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2012: This Must Be the Place. The Hague Photo Museum and Musée de l'Elysée , Lausanne . Catalog.
- 2013: This Must Be The Place - Selected Works 2003-2012. Palace of Arts , Budapest
- 2015: Pieter Hugo - Kin. Henri-Cartier-Bresson Foundation , Paris.
- 2017: Pieter Hugo - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea . Wolfsburg Art Museum , Wolfsburg. Catalog.
Documentation
- Photo books
- Exhibition catalog: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea , Prestel, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-7913-8352-1 .
- with Ben Okri : Kin . Aperture, New York City, USA 2014, ISBN 978-1-597113014 .
- Exhibition catalog: This must Be the Place , Prestel Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7913-4689-2 .
- Permanent error. Prestel Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7913-4520-8 . (Recyclers on garbage dumps in Ghana )
- Nollywood. In English; Prestel Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7913-4312-9 . ( Nigerian film ).
- The Hyena and Other Men. Prestel Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7913-3960-3 . ( Hyena people in Nigeria ).
- Musina / Messina. Punctum Press, Rome 2007, ISBN 978-88-95410-03-6 . (Life in Musina , the northernmost city in South Africa).
- Rwanda 2004: Vestiges of a Genocide. Punctum Press, Rome 2006, ISBN 88-89412-20-8 . (Traces of the genocide in Rwanda ).
- Photo series
- La Cucaracha , 2019.
- Flat Noodle Soup Talk , 2015–2016.
- Californian Wildflowers , 2014.
- There's a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends , 2011.
- Gadawan Kura - The Hyena Men Series II , 2007.
- Looking aside. (About looking away from the disabled etc.).
- The Bereaved. (Photo series about the bereaved of the deceased), 2005.
- Music video
- Spoek Mathambo : Control. 3'33 min. (Taken with a Canon camera).
Web links
- Photographer website (English)
- Hellhounds in the cities. Pieter Hugo and his photos (Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 19, 2010)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website
- ↑ Palace of the Arts (Ludwig Museum) , May 24 - August 11, 2013
- ↑ Where does the city end, where does the wilderness begin? in FAZ of March 31, 2017, page 11
- ↑ Staged Reality. Everyone has the same respect . Klaus Mellenthin in frings. the Misereor magazine , 1/2017
- ↑ For a handful of lead. In: FAZ . February 18, 2011, p. 32.
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Hugo, Pieter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African photographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg , South Africa |