Mallam Galadima Ahmadu With Jamis, Abuja, Nigeria ,2005
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Exhibited : Stevenson, Cape Town, Pieter Hugo ‘Gadawan Kura’ – The Hyena Men, 27 February to 25 March 2006, another example from the edition exhibited.
Literature : Abiola, A. and Hugo, P. (2008). The Hyena and Other Men. Munich: Prestel Verlag, another example from the edition illustrated in colour, n.p.
Notes : “Ultimately, Hugo’s images offer an arresting argument for the untrustworthiness of photography, and at the same time reveal the striking vitality that remains at the heart of the medium when a practitioner bravely dares to pose difficult questions, rather than attempts to provide clear-cut answers. Whether they allude to the domination of man over nature or...the codependence between photographer and subject, or the submission of a photograph to the prejudices and preconceptions of its audience, these astonishing portraits complicate rather than alleviate our troubled relationship with photography, and in doing so poignantly offer a refreshing way forward for a medium that might otherwise perish in this new century. As Hugo’s work insinuates, the burden of accuracy no longer weighs heavily on the shoulders of photographers; along with beauty, truth is also now firmly and finally in the eye of the beholder.
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