PIETER HUGO
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ANOTHER MAN

Pieter Hugo, born in 1976 in Johannesburg,  is a South-African photographer, recognized for capturing images of the continent’s marginalized peoples. He is passionate about revealing the truth, no matter how painful or disturbing it may be.  

M LE MONDE

'KIN'

DOCUMENT JOURNAL

'1994'

'LA CUCARACHA'

Pieter started taking photographs at the age of twelve but initially worked in the film industry in Cape Town, before spending two years in Italy at Fabrica, a research center for artists.  

THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE, NICOLAS GHESQUIERE

SYSTEM, STEFANO PILATI

RE-EDITION

ARENA HOMME +, PAUL SMITH

'LA CUCARACHA'

HOOD BY AIR

He has traveled extensively, to countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Liberia. His subjects include gang members, taxi washers, AIDS victims, albinos, and the blind. Choosing to focus on unusual groups of people, Pieter has gained an enviable following for his documentary photography.  

'WILD HONEY COLLECTORS'

'PERMANENT ERROR'

'THE HYENA & OTHER MEN'

'RWANDA 2004 - VESTIGES OF A GENOCIDE'

Pieter is a regular contributor to titles such as The New Yorker, Zeit magazine, Le Monde and The New York Times magazine. He has published numerous monographs including 1994, RWANDA 2004, KIN, PERMANENT ERROR, THE HYENA AND OTHER MEN, MESSINA MUSINA, NOLLYWOOD and more recently LA CUCARACHA (Nov. 2019).  

THE NEW YORKER

 'LA CUCARACHA'

'NOLLYWOOD'

His striking fashion images have been featured  in Arena Homme Plus, Re-Edition Magazine, Document Journal, System Magazine and AnOther Man. He has also collaborated on publications with Louis Vuitton and Hood By Air.  

ARENA HOMME +, LANVIN

ADIDAS ORIGINALS

BOTTEGA VENETA

LOUIS VUITTON, SOUTH AFRICA

DOCUMENT JOURNAL, ARMANI

HOOD BY AIR

DOCUMENT JOURNAL, BALENCIAGA

Pieter has received several awards throughout his career and his work appears in many prominent International public and private collections including MOMA NY, V&A, Centre Pompidou and The Rijks Museum.  

'MESSINA MUSINA'

'FLAT NOODLE SOUP TALK'

'KIN'

Major museum solo exhibitions have taken place at The Hague Museum of Photography, Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Fotografiska in Stockholm,  MAXXI in Rome and the Institute of Modern Art Brisbane, among others.  

'LA CUCARACHA'

'1994'

'KIN'

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