Messina / Musina — Pieter Hugo, 2007

Pieter Hugo captures the border town of Musina (formerly Messina), situated between South Africa and Zimbabwe, with the same lucid unease that defines his broader portraiture of post-apartheid identity. Across its pages, we encounter residents photographed in their homes: a schoolgirl perched neatly on a hostel bed with walls adorned in magazine tear-outs; a family of five posed with their dog beneath an idyllic landscape painting; a couple surrounded by a congregation of cats in their kitchen; a man in a wheelchair beside his mother, each figure composed with solemn

Technical Sheet
Title: Messina / Musina
Artist / Author: Pieter Hugo
Date: 2007
Technique / Printing Method: Offset
Medium / Materials: Softcover
Dimensions: 30 × 25
Pages: Unpaginated
Language: English
Publisher: Punctum Press
ISBN: 9788895410036
Condition: Very good