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Pieter Hugo — Escort Kama, Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
Pieter Hugo

Escort Kama, Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood

A vivid chromogenic print by Pieter Hugo captures Escort Kama in Enugu, Nigeria, as part of his celebrated Nollywood series documenting the vibrant and surreal world of Nigeria's prolific film industry. The subject is rendered with Hugo's characteristic unflinching directness, using rich, saturated color to highlight the elaborate costuming and performative identity that defines Nollywood's distinctive visual culture. The image blurs the boundary between fiction and reality, inviting the viewer to question the constructed nature of character, role, and self-presentation.

Medium
Chromogenic print.

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April 4, 2016

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Pieter Hugo, Escort Kama, Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood

A vivid chromogenic print by Pieter Hugo captures Escort Kama in Enugu, Nigeria, as part of his celebrated Nollywood series documenting the vibrant and surreal world of Nigeria's prolific film industry. The subject is rendered with Hugo's characteristic unflinching directness, using rich, saturated color to highlight the elaborate costuming and performative identity that defines Nollywood's distinctive visual culture. The image blurs the boundary between fiction and reality, inviting the viewer to question the constructed nature of character, role, and self-presentation.

Medium
Chromogenic print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Cultural, Color, Figure, Documentary, Photograph, Chromogenic Print, Portrait, South African, Figurative, Contemporary

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