Pieter Hugo

**Pieter Hugo** (born 1976) be a South African photographer wey primarily dey work insyd portraiture. He dey live insyd Cape Town.

Hugo get four monographs dem publish. Ma he do solo exhibitions for Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon (2018), Museum für Kuns und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, National Portrait Gallery, London, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow den de South African National Gallery, Cape Town. Na dem include am insyd group exhibitions for de National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art insyd Seoul, de Rijksmuseum, de Netherlands, Tate Modern, London, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, Michigan, den Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago, Chile.

## Early life
Na dem born Hugo insyd Johannesburg, South Africa.

## Career
He begin ein career dey work insyd de film industry insyd Cape Town, before he undertake a two-year residency for Fabrica research centre, Treviso, Italy.

Na Hugo get four monographs dem publish: *Pieter Hugo: The Hyena and Other Men* (2008), *Pieter Hugo: Selected Works* (2009), *This Must Be the Place* (2012), den *Pieter Hugo: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea* (2017).

Na he produce fashion photography features give *Arena Homme Plus*, *Re-Edition Magazine*, *Document Journal*, *System Magazine* den *AnOther Man*. He sanso collaborate for publications top plus Louis Vuitton den Hood By Air.

Na Hugo contribute to publications such as *The New Yorker*, *Zeit* magazine, *Le Monde* den *The New York Times Magazine*. Insyd May 2015 na dem invite am make he guest edit de supplement *DeLuxe* give de Dutch newspaper *NRC.nl*.

Insyd 2011 Hugo collaborate plus Michael Cleary, wey dem co-direct de music video give South African musician Spoek Mathambo ein cover version of Joy Division ein "She's Lost Control". For de video, Hugo win de Young Director Award for de Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Insyd 2015 he direct de music video for "Dirty", a song by South African musical artists Dookoom.

## Ein life matter
As of 2013, na Hugo marry film editor Tamsyn Reynolds, plus whom he get two kiddies.

## Publications

### Publications by Hugo

* *Looking Aside.* Punctum, 2006. .
* *The Hyena & Other Men* Munich: Prestel, 2007. . With an essay by Adetokunbo Abiola.
* *Messina/Musina.* Munich: Punctum, 2007. . With a short story by Stacy Hardy, "The Donkey Fuckers", and a conversation between Hugo and Joanna Lehan.
* *Nollywood.* Munich: Prestel, 2009. . With texts by Chris Abani, Stacy Hardy and Zina Saro-Wiwa.
* *Rwanda 2004: Vestiges of a Genocide.* London; Paris: oodee, 2011. . Edition of 500 copies. With an essay by Linda Melvern.
* *Permanent Error.* Munich: Prestel, 2011. .
* *This Must Be The Place: Selected Works.* Munich: Prestel, 2012. . With essays by TJ Demos and Aaron Schuman.
* *J-SEK.* London: One League, 2012. Produced by Hugo and Louis Vuitton with an essay by Montle Moorosi.
* *There's a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends.* London; Paris: oodee, 2012. .
* *Kin.* New York: Aperture, 2014. . With a short story by Ben Okri.
* *The Journey.* Self-published, 2015. Newspaper format.
* *Flat Noodle Soup Talk.* Paris: Bessard, 2016. . Edition of 500 copies. Photographs made in Beijing.
* *PH&HBA. Pieter Hugo in collaboration with Hood by AIr.* 2016. . London: See W.
* *1994.* Munich: Prestel. 2017. . With text by Ashraf Jamal.
* *Pieter Hugo. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.* 2017.  Ralf Beil & Uta Ruhkamp (ed.) Munich: Prestel
* *La Cucaracha.* Barcelona: RM, 2019. . With essays by Mario Bellatin and Ashraf Jamal. Edition of 1500 copies.

### Books den catalogues

* Ewing, William; Nathalie Herschdorfer and Jean-Christophe Blaser. 2005. reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow 2005–2006. New York: Aperture. .
* Matt, Gerald et al. 2006. Black, Brown, White: Photography from South Africa. Vienna: Kunsthalle Wien. .
* Ewing, William (ed). 2006. Face: The New Photographic Portrait. London: Thames & Hudson. .
* Yildiz, Adnan et al. 2007. An Atlas of Events. Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
* Hug, Alfonso et al. 2008. The Tropics: Views from the Middle of the Globe. Bielefeld: Kerber. .
* Dempsey, Kate (ed). 2008. Presumed Innocence. Lincoln, Massachusetts: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. .
* De Cultura, Área, and Ajuntament de Tarragona (eds). 2009. Pieter Hugo: Selected Works. Tarragona: Tinglado 2. .
* Cresci, Mario (ed). 2009. Future Images. Milan: 24 ORE Cultura. .
* Blackwell, Lewis. 2009. Photo-wisdom: Master Photographers on Their Art. Auckland: PQ Blackwell. .
* Maggia, Filippo et al. 2010. *Breaking News: Contemporary Photography from the Middle East and Africa.* Milan: Skira. .
* Enwezor, Okwui (ed). 2010. *Contemporary African Photography from the Walther Collection. Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity*. Göttingen: Steidl. .
* Celant, Germano and Melissa Harris (eds). 2010. *Immagini Inquietanti*. Milan: La Triennale di Milano. Exhibition catalogue.
* Rubenstein, Bonnie, et al. 2011. *Figure + Ground. Contact Photography Festival.* Toronto: Scotiabank. 2011 Festival Catalogue.
* Ovesen, Solvej Helweg and Katerina Gregos (eds). 2011. *The Eye is a Lonely Hunter: Images of Humankind. 4.* Fotofestival Mannheim Ludwigshafen. Heidelberg: Kehrer. .
* Krifa, Michket and Laura Serani (eds). 2011. *For A Sustainable World. Rencontres de Bamako African Photography Biennial, 9th Edition*. Arles and Paris: Actes Sud and Institut Français. .
* Kemfert, Beate and Christina Leber (eds). 2011. *Road Atlas: Street Photography from Helen Levitt to Pieter Hugo.* Munich: Hirmer. .
* Herschdorfer, Nathalie. 2011. *Afterwards: Contemporary Photography Confronting the Past*. London: Thames & Hudson. .
* Gavin, Francesca. 2011.*100 New Artists*. London: Laurence King. .
* Garb, Tamar. 2011. *Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography*. Göttingen and London: Steidl and V&A. .
* Fabiani, Francesca. 2011. *Re-cycle. Strategie per l'architettura, la città e il pianeta*. Rome: MAXXI and Elekta. .
* Beckmann, Anne-Marie and Freddy Langer. 2011. *XL Photography 4: Art Collection.* Deutsche Börse. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz. .
* Markus Brüderlin (ed.), 2013. *Art & Textiles: Fabric as Material and Concept in Modern Art from Klimt to the Present,* 2013. Exhibition catalogue. Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz.
* *Nine Weeks.* Cape Town: Stevenson, 2016. . Pieter Hugo in conversation with Hansi Momodu-Gordon.
* Jamal, Ashraf. 2017. *'Giants'. In the World: Essays on Contemporary South African Art*. Skira: Milan. 

## Exhibitions
### Solo exhibitions

* 2004: *The Albino Project,* Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy, 2004; Fabrica Features, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.
* 2007: *Messina/Musina,* Standard Bank Young Artist Award 2007 touring exhibition, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum, Port Elizabeth; Durban Art Gallery, Durban; Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein; Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2008
* 2007: *Pieter Hugo: The Hyena & Other Men,* Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel, 2010; Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, Finland, 2010; Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, 2012
* 2008: *Nollywood,* Johannesburg, South Africa, 2008; Australian Center for Photography, Sydney, Australia, 2009; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, 2010;
* 2008: *Portraits,* Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK, 2008; Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK, 2008
* 2008: *Pieter Hugo: Selected Works,* Tinglado 2, Tarragona, Spain, 2008 Tinglado 2, Tarragona, Spain, 2009.
* 2010: *On Reality and Other Stories,* Le château d'eau, pôle photographique de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 2010; Forest Centre Culturel, BRASS, Brussels, Belgium, 2010
* 2010: *Permanent Error,* Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2011;
* 2013: *This must be the place – Selected works 2003–2012,* Museum Ludwig, Budapest
* 2015: *Portraits: From the unsaid to the un-dead,* Institute of Contemporary Art Indian Ocean, Mauritius
* 2015: *In Focus,* National Portrait Gallery, London
* 2015–2016: Fondation Cartier-Bresson, Paris, 2015;
* 2017: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany.
* 2017: *Verisimilar Worlds: The West African Works 2005–2010,* Organ Vida International Photography Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia.
* 2017–2018: *Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,* Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Germany,2017; Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018. 
* 2018: Aquí se rompió una taza, Centro Fotográfico Álvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexico
*2019: Africa to China, Pékin Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China.
*2019–2020: *La Cucaracha,* Huxley Parlour, London, 2020

### Group exhibitions

* 2010: *Life Less Ordinary: Performance and display in South African art,* Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Wales
* 2010: *1910–2010: From Pierneef to Gugulective,* Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
* 2010: *Lie of the Land: Representations of the South African Landscape,* Iziko Old Town House Museum,
* 2010: *After A, Photo Notes on South Africa,* Atri Reportage Festival, Atri, Italy
* 2010: *Disquieting Images,* Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
* 2010: *Counterlives,* Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
* 2011: *Figures and Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography,* Victoria and Albert Museum, London
* 2011: *For a Sustainable World,* African Photography Encounters Bamako, Mali
* 2011: *The Global Contemporary: Art Worlds after 1989,* ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany
* 2011: *The Eye is a Lonely Hunter: Images of Humankind,* Fotofestival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, Germany
* 2011: *ARS 11,* Kiasma, Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
* 2011: *Lens: Fractions of Contemporary Photography and Video in South Africa,* Stellenbosch University Art Museum, South Africa
* 2011: *Il corpo metafora di un'esperienza,* CIAC Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea, Foligno, Italy
* 2011: Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada
* 2011: *Beguiling: The Self and the Subject,* Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, South Africa; Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada
* 2011: *All Cannibals,* Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
* 2011: Paraty em Foco photography festival, Brazil
* 2012: Bienal de Fotografía de Lima, Peru
* 2012: FotoTriennale.dk, Funen, Denmark
* 2012: Moscow Photobiennale, Moscow Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
* 2012: *International Art Exhibition,* Rwesero Arts Museum, Nyanza, Rwanda
* 2012: *Qui Vive?* 3rd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow
* 2012: *Photography of The Rainbow Nation,* Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, the Netherlands
* 2012: *Africa, There and Back,* Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
* 2012: *Transitions – Social Landscape Project,* Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
* 2012: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2012, The Photographers' Gallery, London
* 2012: *Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive Part II: Contemporary Reconfigurations,* The Walther Collection Project Space, New York City
* 2013: *Nothing to Declare?,* Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
* 2013: *Landmark: The Fields of Photography,* Somerset House, London
* 2013: *Either/Or,* Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark
* 2013: *The Glorious Rise and Fall ... (and so on),* Groot Ziekengasthuis, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
* 2013: *Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive,* The Walther Collection, Ulm, Germany
* 2013: *Transition: Social Landscape,* Rencontres d'Arles festival, Arles, France
* 2013:  *Present Tense,* Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Délégation en France, Paris
* 2013: *Art and Textile: Fabric as Material and Concept in Modern Art from Klimt to the Present,* Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
* 2014: *Public Intimacy: Art and Social Life in South Africa* at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
* 2014: *Apartheid and After,* Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
* 2014: *Present Tense,* Galeria Municipal Almeida Garrett, Porto, Portugal
* 2014: *Here Africa,* Château de Penthes, Geneve-Pregny, Switzerland
* 2014: *Animalis,* Fundació Forvm per la Fotografia, Tarragona, Spain
* 2014: *T.R.I.P. Travel Routes in Photography,* Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy
* 2014*: Prospect.3: Notes for Now (P.3),* New Orleans Biennial, USA
* 2015: *Prix Pictet: Disorder,* Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris; Somerset House, London; et al.
* 2015: *I will go there, take me home,* Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
* 2015: *Beastly/Tierisch,* Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
* 2015: *Strange Worlds,* Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Foro Boario, Modena, Italy
* 2016: *A Closer Look: Portraits from the Paul G Allen Family Collection,* Pivot Art + Culture, Allen Institute, Seattle, USA
* 2016: *Regarding Africa: Contemporary Art and Afro-Futurism,* Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
* 2017: *Lavoro in Movimento/Work in Motion,* MAST Foundation, Bologna
* 2017: *Good Hope. South Africa and The Netherlands from 1600,* Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands
* 2017: *10 Years Old 2007–2017: A History of the World Told Through the Images of the Fondazione Cassa,* di Risparmio di Modena Collection, Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Foro Boario, Italy
* 2017: *Up to Now. Fabrica Photography,* Fondazione Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy as part of *Time maps. Memory, archives, future,* Fotografia Europea Festival
* 2017: *AFRICA. Telling a world,* Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
* 2017: *Dangerous Art,* Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
* 2018: *Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins,* Barbican Art Gallery, London
* 2018: *In This Imperfect Present Moment,* Seattle Art Museum, Washington, USA
* 2018: *Troubled Intensions Ahead:* *Confusing Public and Private,* 3rd Beijing Photo Biennial, China
* 2018: *Civilization: The Way We Live Now,* National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea; Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China; the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; and the National Museum of Civilization, Marseille, France.
* 2018: *Hacer Noche (Crossing Night),* Oaxaca, Mexico
* 2018: *Recent Histories / Contemporary African Photography and Video Art from The Walther Collection,* Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
* 2019: *Unseen: 35 Years of Collecting Photographs,* J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
* 2019: *Here We Are Today: A View of The World in Photography & Video Art,* Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Germany
* 2019: *Crossing Night: Regional Identities x Global Context,* Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, MI
* 2019: *IncarNations: African Art as Philosophy,* Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
* 2020: *Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum's Collection,* Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas
* 2020: *Civilisation, Photography, Now*, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, New Zealand.
* 2020: *Five Stories, One Point of View,* MUSAC Collection, Museo de Arte Contermporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain.
* 2020: *Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art* from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL.

## References


## External links

* Official website