It's quite scary when academics start dictating to artists that they should be politically correct or follow certain rules of behavior - which means we have to start making dishonest work, which means it becomes didactic and propaganda in nature.
Photography has always been a struggle for me to take seriously as an art form. - Pieter Hugo
Photography has always been a struggle for me to take seriously as an art form.
- Pieter Hugo
A lot of my inspiration is reactionary to images I see in the media. - Pieter Hugo
A lot of my inspiration is reactionary to images I see in the media.
It's quite scary when academics start dictating to artists that they should be politically correct or follow certain rules of behavior - which means … - Pieter Hugo
It's quite scary when academics start dictating to artists that they should be politically correct or follow certain rules of behavior - which means …
I grew up in a middle to upper-class house with fairly liberal sentiments, but to me it was always very obvious that the society I grew up in was not… - Pieter Hugo
I grew up in a middle to upper-class house with fairly liberal sentiments, but to me it was always very obvious that the society I grew up in was not…
I have a taste for the macabre. I really am not drawn to imagery that is pretty, things that are just pretty. I’m drawn to things that challenge you,… - Pieter Hugo
I have a taste for the macabre. I really am not drawn to imagery that is pretty, things that are just pretty. I’m drawn to things that challenge you,…
I always have the feeling that I'm sitting around not doing anything with my life. A little Calvinist guilt that I should be more productive. - Pieter Hugo
I always have the feeling that I'm sitting around not doing anything with my life. A little Calvinist guilt that I should be more productive.
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