{"product_id":"looking-aside-pieter-hugo-2006","title":"Looking Aside — Pieter Hugo, 2006","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"662\"\u003eA quiet landmark in early 21st-century African photography, \u003cem data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"177\"\u003eLooking Aside\u003c\/em\u003e collects Pieter Hugo’s studio portraits taken between 2003 and 2006 in South Africa—stark, formal, and confrontational images of people society is trained not to look at. His subjects include the blind, the aged, people with albinism, and members of his own family, all photographed with a directness that renders pity impossible and attention urgent. The title is literal and metaphorical: to “look aside” is both an act of evasion and a political stance. Hugo insists we do neither.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"1266\"\u003eThe cover, a ghost-pale child with albinism staring squarely at the viewer, acts as both gatekeeper and thesis. There is no refuge in abstraction here; the portraits are hyper-specific, high-resolution, and full of visual tension. Published by Punctum Editions in 2006 and designed by Damien Poulain, this early book already signals Hugo’s signature method: clinical lighting, ethical discomfort, and a forensic attention to surface. A precursor to his later works such as \u003cem data-start=\"1137\" data-end=\"1162\"\u003eThe Hyena and Other Men\u003c\/em\u003e, this volume remains one of the most psychologically dense and socially charged photobooks of its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1608\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003cbr data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1286\"\u003eTitle: Looking Aside\u003cbr data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1309\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Pieter Hugo\u003cbr data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1340\"\u003eDate: 2006\u003cbr data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1353\"\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Offset\u003cbr data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1391\"\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Hardcover with photographic plate\u003cbr data-start=\"1444\" data-end=\"1447\"\u003eDimensions (cm): Approx. 21 × 28 (estimated)\u003cbr data-start=\"1491\" data-end=\"1494\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr data-start=\"1511\" data-end=\"1514\"\u003ePages: 92\u003cbr data-start=\"1523\" data-end=\"1526\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Punctum Editions\u003cbr data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1565\"\u003eISBN: 978-88-89412-20-8\u003cbr data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1591\"\u003eCondition: Fine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52664150720850,"sku":null,"price":140.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_copy_copy_931a790b-2449-4896-b371-d1c183244a35.jpg?v=1770581136","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/products\/looking-aside-pieter-hugo-2006","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}