Pieter Hugo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pieter Hugo
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Oct 29, 1976(1976-10-29)
Age	48
Birthplace	Johannesburg
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Libra

Pieter Hugo Biography

Pieter Hugo is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on October 29, 1976 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Hugo was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1976. After starting his career in Cape Town’s film industry, Hugo went on to complete a two-year residency at Fabrica, Treviso, Italy.

Hugo was the subject of four monographs. These are Pieter Hugo and Other Men (2008) by Aaron Schuman, published at the Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam; Pieter Hugo and Selected Works (2009) edited and published by the Area De Cultura/Ajuntament de Tarragona. This Must Be the Place (2012), with essays from TJ Demos and Aaron Schuman. Published by Prestel Munich; and Pieter Hugo and the Deep Blue Sea (2017), with essays written by Ralf Beil and Uta Rothkamp.

In the Spring of 2014, Hugo was commissioned by Creative Court to work in Rwanda for its “Rwanda 20 Years: Portraits of Forgiveness” project. The project was displayed in The Hague in the Atrium of The Hague City Hall for the 20th commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. A selection of the photos have also been displayed in New York at the exhibition Post-Conflict which was curated by Bradley McCallum, artist in residence for the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. The project served as the impetus for the photographic series 1994 (2017) which explores the post-revolutionary era in both South Africa and Rwanda through a series of portraits of children from both countries.

Flat Noodle Soup (2016) chronicles Hugo’s lengthly engagement with the city of Beijing, exploring how concerns with expressing personal identity within societal norms and pressures are universal and trans-national.

After Colors magazine asked Hugo for help with an AIDS story, his series Messina/Mussina (2007) took place in Musina. Nollywood (2009) is a collection of photographs of Nigeria’s film industry. Hugo captured the landscape and people of a large dump of outdated technology in Ghana for Permanent Error (2011). Hugo’s South African family and friends are depicted in There is a Place in Hell For Me and My Friends (2012). These digitally manipulated black- and-white portraits show Hugo’s family members and friends. They aim to examine the contradictions in racial classifications based on skin color. Kin (2014) puts even more emphasis on the photographer’s family and community. Hugo describes this as “an engagement in the South African colonial failure and my feeling of being ‘colonial driftwood’.”

Pieter Hugo Net Worth

Pieter Hugo is one of the richest Photographer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pieter Hugo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Pieter Hugo was born in 1976. He is a portrait photographer whose work focuses on the relationship between documentary and artistic photography with a special focus on peripheral communities. He lives in Cape Town.

Hugo’s first major painting, Looking Aside (2006), depicts portraits taken of people “whose appearance causes us to look aside” – people who are blind, people with albinism or the elderly, as well as his family and him. The images show each man, woman, and child in a studio setting with a bright background and crisp lighting. The Rwanda Genocide Institute described his Rwanda 2004: Vestiges of a Genocide (2011) as “a forensic look at some of the places of mass execution and graves which stand as lingering tributes to the thousands of people who were killed.” Hugo’s most well-known work is The Hyena & Other Men (2007). This book has received a lot of attention.

In 2011 Hugo collaborated with Michael Cleary, co-directing the music video for South African musician Spoek Mathambo’s cover version of Joy Division’s “She’s Lost Control”. For the video, Hugo won the Young Director Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. In 2015 he directed the music video for “Dirty”, a song by controversial South African musical artists Dookoom.

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Facts & Trivia

Pieter Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Pieter Hugo celebrates birthday on October 29 of every year.

What is Pieter Hugo known for?

Pieter Hugo (South African, b. 1976) is a self-taught portrait and documentary photographer known for his images of marginalized communities in Africa.

What inspired Pieter Hugo?

During his monthlong stay, Hugo searched for a response to this prompt, and inspiration came when he chanced upon a platter of desiccated fruits in Oaxaca. “Making Pigments. San Agustin Etla” (2018), which shows a spread of dying crops in bold hues, was the first image Hugo captured in Mexico.

What was the purpose of this project done by photographer Pieter Hugo?

His work aims to challenge preconceptions around the representation of groups of people ‘other’ to the Western European norm. Hugo’s first major work Looking Aside (2006) depicts portraits of people “whose appearance makes us look aside” – the blind, people with albinism, the aged, his family and himself.

What camera does Pieter Hugo use?

ANDREA: What camera did you use? PIETER: I used a Hasselblad at the time. I actually started with a 4×5, but I realized 5 minutes into day 1 that there was no way I could photograph them with that camera because it just doesn’t stand still long enough.

Who is Hugo Comte?

Hugo Comte is a photographer , his birthday is February 9. Deeply inspired by the 90s aesthetics in fashion and Cinema, he developed a specific vision of his models and their attitudes, capturing their strong side with a personal way to paint beauty.