
Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis, Nigeria from ‘Gadawan Kura’ – The Hyena Men II
A striking and unsettling portrait by South African photographer Pieter Hugo, this chromogenic print captures Mallam Galadima Ahmadu alongside a hyena named Jamis in Nigeria, part of Hugo's acclaimed series documenting a itinerant group of animal handlers. The flush-mounted photograph renders the subject and his powerful, leashed animal in vivid, confrontational detail, blurring the boundaries between wildness and domesticity. Hugo's unflinching gaze transforms an extraordinary human-animal relationship into a meditation on power, survival, and the complexity of life on the margins of society.
- Medium
- Chromogenic print, flush-mounted.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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Photographs
April 1, 2014
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