• Steven Mohapi, Johannesburg, 2003
    Steven Mohapi, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Londiwe Wendy Mkhiza, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
    Londiwe Wendy Mkhiza, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
  • Sithabile Manqele, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
    Sithabile Manqele, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
  • Samkelisiwe Nomusa Mbeje, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
    Samkelisiwe Nomusa Mbeje, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
  • Wonderful Nokukhanya, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
    Wonderful Nokukhanya, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
  • Mkhonzemi Welcome Makma, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
    Mkhonzemi Welcome Makma, Pietermaritzburg, 2005
  • Thembile Mabaso, Johannesburg, 2003
    Thembile Mabaso, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Regina Kambule, Johannesburg, 2003
    Regina Kambule, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Jeffrey Rasvhechele, Johannesburg, 2003
    Jeffrey Rasvhechele, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Zukiswa Tyami, Johannesburg, 2003
    Zukiswa Tyami, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Kedibone Motshudi, Johannesburg, 2003
    Kedibone Motshudi, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Malebina Mahloko, Johannesburg, 2003
    Malebina Mahloko, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Linda Msiza, Johannesburg, 2003
    Linda Msiza, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Raymond Nteo, Johannesburg, 2003
    Raymond Nteo, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Thami Mawe, Johannesburg, 2003
    Thami Mawe, Johannesburg, 2003
  • Vuyiswa Kama, Cape Town, 2003
    Vuyiswa Kama, Cape Town, 2003
  • Vinkosi Sigwegwe, Cape Town, 2003
    Vinkosi Sigwegwe, Cape Town, 2003
  • Fikelephi Dlamini, Durban, 2005
    Fikelephi Dlamini, Durban, 2005
  • Gloria Phungule, Durban, 2005
    Gloria Phungule, Durban, 2005
  • Thulani Magwaza, KwaMashu, 2005
    Thulani Magwaza, KwaMashu, 2005
  • Lawrence Phutiyagae, De Doorns, 2005
    Lawrence Phutiyagae, De Doorns, 2005
  • Leon Nel, Worcester, 2005
    Leon Nel, Worcester, 2005
  • Justus Wilhelm Reitz, Carnarvon, 2005
    Justus Wilhelm Reitz, Carnarvon, 2005
  • Justine Seronne, Worcester, 2005
    Justine Seronne, Worcester, 2005
  • Chanté Adams, Uitenhage, 2005
    Chanté Adams, Uitenhage, 2005
  • Vernon Barnard, Somerset West, 2005
    Vernon Barnard, Somerset West, 2005
  • Sofila Mishe, Kimberly, 2005
    Sofila Mishe, Kimberly, 2005
  • Patricia Sikhaari, Venda, 2005
    Patricia Sikhaari, Venda, 2005
  • Hazel Naicker, Soweto, 2005
    Hazel Naicker, Soweto, 2005
  • Vunjani Sonjica, Worcester, 2005
    Vunjani Sonjica, Worcester, 2005
  • Rachel Bosman, Cape Town, 2005
    Rachel Bosman, Cape Town, 2005
  • Willie Arendse, Salt River, 2005
    Willie Arendse, Salt River, 2005
  • Monde Dlamini, Durban, 2005
    Monde Dlamini, Durban, 2005
  • Lena Swartz, Salt River, 2005
    Lena Swartz, Salt River, 2005
  • Philani Vilakazi, Claremont, 2005
    Philani Vilakazi, Claremont, 2005
  • Thali Mbhele, Mzimkhulu, 2005
    Thali Mbhele, Mzimkhulu, 2005
  • Jaconius Mdletshe, Durban, 2005
    Jaconius Mdletshe, Durban, 2005
  • Bethuel Mbatha, Durban, 2005
    Bethuel Mbatha, Durban, 2005
  • Maria Goliath, Cape Town, 2005
    Maria Goliath, Cape Town, 2005
  • John Aubrey Somwahla, Transkei, 2005
    John Aubrey Somwahla, Transkei, 2005
  • Ntombizonke Madwayi, Queenstown, 2005
    Ntombizonke Madwayi, Queenstown, 2005
  • Ephraem Ntsele, Meadowlands, 2006
    Ephraem Ntsele, Meadowlands, 2006
  • Owen Knibbs, Observatory, 2005
    Owen Knibbs, Observatory, 2005
  • Kay Whitfield, Cape Town, 2006
    Kay Whitfield, Cape Town, 2006
  • Barney Radebe, Transkei, 2006
    Barney Radebe, Transkei, 2006
  • Anna Hugo, Cape Town, 2006
    Anna Hugo, Cape Town, 2006
  • Elizabeth Ryan, Cape Town, 2005
    Elizabeth Ryan, Cape Town, 2005
  • Comrade Marumo Molusi, Soweto, 2006
    Comrade Marumo Molusi, Soweto, 2006
  • Christina Masando, Alexandra, 2006
    Christina Masando, Alexandra, 2006
  • Raymond Fraser, Cape Town, 2005
    Raymond Fraser, Cape Town, 2005
  • Frances Mehl, Cape Town, 2005
    Frances Mehl, Cape Town, 2005
  • Sheila Ward Smith, Sea Point, 2006
    Sheila Ward Smith, Sea Point, 2006
  • Katie Moerane, Tembisa, 2006
    Katie Moerane, Tembisa, 2006
  • Aron Twala, Vrede, 2006
    Aron Twala, Vrede, 2006
  • Pieter Hugo, Cape Town, 2004
    Pieter Hugo, Cape Town, 2004

LOOKING ASIDE

In this intimate and unsettling series of images, created between 2003-2006, the artist points his lens at those people whose appearance makes us “look aside”. Hugo’s subjects are the blind, people with albinism, the aged, his family and himself. In doing so, he forces us to confront ourselves and our preconceptions and prejudices, and question why we are so awkward when we encounter people who are unusual in some way. In these frontal declaratory portraits, we see what we usually choose to look at from the corners of our eyes.