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Pieter Hugo — Jatto with Mainasara, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria from Hyena and Other Men
Pieter Hugo

Jatto with Mainasara, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria from Hyena and Other Men

A striking and unsettling portrait from Pieter Hugo's series documenting a nomadic group of Nigerians who travel with hyenas, baboons, and pythons, used for entertainment and the sale of traditional medicines. The image captures the raw, complex relationship between human and wild animal, presenting an unlikely intimacy that challenges Western perceptions of danger and domesticity. Hugo's vivid chromogenic palette lends the scene a heightened, almost cinematic tension that blurs the line between vulnerability and dominance.

Medium
Digital chromogenic print.

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Innovators of Photography: A Private East Coast Collection

October 8, 2015

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Pieter Hugo, Jatto with Mainasara, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria from Hyena and Other Men

A striking and unsettling portrait from Pieter Hugo's series documenting a nomadic group of Nigerians who travel with hyenas, baboons, and pythons, used for entertainment and the sale of traditional medicines. The image captures the raw, complex relationship between human and wild animal, presenting an unlikely intimacy that challenges Western perceptions of danger and domesticity. Hugo's vivid chromogenic palette lends the scene a heightened, almost cinematic tension that blurs the line between vulnerability and dominance.

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

Related themes

Nigerian Photography, Contemporary Photographer, Humanist Photography, Color Photography, Vivid Color Palette, Male Artist, African Subject Matter, South African Artist, Unflinching Realism, Documentary Photography, Nigerian Subject Matter, Human Animal Bond, Earthy Tones, Subcultural Communities, Contemporary Photography, Large Format Print, South African Photographer, Male Subjects, African Subjects, Editorial Photography, Chromogenic Print, Portrait Photography, Social Documentary, Subcultural Portraiture

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