Pieter Hugo, Photographer, Cape Town

Description

A striking portrait photograph captured by Pieter Hugo in Cape Town, featuring a man standing on an open dirt field alongside a chained hyena. The man is wearing a red and black horizontally striped long-sleeve shirt, a dark baseball cap, an elaborate layered kilt or skirt with fringe and fabric strips, and sandals. He holds onto heavy metal chains attached to a collar and muzzle worn by the large spotted hyena, which sits upright on its hind legs facing him. The background reveals a dry, dusty field under an overcast sky with distant low buildings and sparse vegetation. The image has a desaturated, documentary-style color palette with natural lighting casting soft shadows.

Style

Documentary, Vertical, Desaturated

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Color

Background

Road

Context

Editorial