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The most recent publication from the award-winning photographer Pieter Hugo reveals the devastating consequences of toxic waste on one community in Africa.
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Pieter Hugo's images are breathtakingly poignant. --Amateur Photographer
Permanent Error paints a dark picture of the conditions imposed on this slum community, and the flip side of our rapid technological progress --British Journal of Photography, June 2011
Permanent Error is a stunning achievement; South African photographer Pieter Hugo exposes in shocking detail consumerism's shameful and toxic wastelnad, but at the same time brings out the dignity and beauty of the people condemned to spend their days on it. --New Internationalist May 2011
This thought-provoking book adds to the canon that illustrates the gap between the wasteful, consumerist western world and the poor of the third world who are forced to eke a living picking through our rubbish. --What Digital Camera? September 2011
The book is a monument to our obsession with consumption and obsolescence, and the normally unseen consequences. Hugo found great recognition for his recent book The Hyena and Other Men and has continued to make arresting work since. --The Photographer January 2012
This thought-provoking book adds to the canon that illustrates the gap between the wasteful, consumerist western world and the poor of the third world who are forced to eke a living picking through our rubbish. --What Digital Camera? September 2011
Four artists have been shortlisted for the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize. Pieter Hugo is nominated for his publication Permanent Error, published by Prestel. Permanent Error centres on a vast dumping ground for technological waste on the outskirts of Ghana's capital city. --Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2012, March 2012
This thought-provoking book adds to the canon that illustrates the gap between the wasteful, consumerist western world and the poor of the third world who are forced to eke a living picking through our rubbish. --What Digital Camera? September 2011
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Permanent Error paints a dark picture of the conditions imposed on this slum community, and the flip side of our rapid technological progress --British Journal of Photography, June 2011
Permanent Error is a stunning achievement; South African photographer Pieter Hugo exposes in shocking detail consumerism's shameful and toxic wastelnad, but at the same time brings out the dignity and beauty of the people condemned to spend their days on it. --New Internationalist May 2011
This thought-provoking book adds to the canon that illustrates the gap between the wasteful, consumerist western world and the poor of the third world who are forced to eke a living picking through our rubbish. --What Digital Camera? September 2011
The book is a monument to our obsession with consumption and obsolescence, and the normally unseen consequences. Hugo found great recognition for his recent book The Hyena and Other Men and has continued to make arresting work since. --The Photographer January 2012
This thought-provoking book adds to the canon that illustrates the gap between the wasteful, consumerist western world and the poor of the third world who are forced to eke a living picking through our rubbish. --What Digital Camera? September 2011
Four artists have been shortlisted for the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize. Pieter Hugo is nominated for his publication Permanent Error, published by Prestel. Permanent Error centres on a vast dumping ground for technological waste on the outskirts of Ghana's capital city. --Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2012, March 2012
This thought-provoking book adds to the canon that illustrates the gap between the wasteful, consumerist western world and the poor of the third world who are forced to eke a living picking through our rubbish. --What Digital Camera? September 2011
PIETER HUGO's previous books include The Hyena & Other Men and Nollywood (both by Prestel). He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
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- PublisherPrestel
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 3791345206
- ISBN 13 9783791345208
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages128
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