Pieter Hugo

Pieter Hugo
Born (1976-10-29) 29 October 1976 (age 48)
Johannesburg, South Africa
OccupationPhotographer
Years active2002–present
Websitewww.pieterhugo.com

Pieter Hugo (born 1976)[1] is a South African photographer who primarily works in portraiture.[2] He lives in Cape Town.[3]

Hugo has had four monographs published. He has had solo exhibitions at 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 and the South African National Gallery, Cape Town.[citation needed] He has been included in group exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, the Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands, Tate Modern, London, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, Michigan, and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago, Chile.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Pieter Hugo". Pieter Hugo. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ Hugh Montgomery (9 April 2011). "Africa united: Photographer Pieter Hugo casts a new light on tired stereotypes of his home continent | Features | Culture". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ^ Leah Ollman (9 February 2007), Photography that goes only skin deep Los Angeles Times.