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Selected Works173

Museum Acquisitions

14 Institutions
MoMA
Met
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
SFMOMA
SFMOMA
SFMOMA
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cincinnati Art Museum
Pompidou
Getty Museum
Getty Museum
Getty Museum
Getty Museum
Getty Museum
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
High Museum

Previous Sales 38

Sotheby's
Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Nigeria
Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Nigeria, 2007
€20,000 ($28k USD)
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, 2007
Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, 2007
€10,000 ($14k USD)
Mar 2022
Sotheby's
'Abdullahi Mohammad with Mainasara', Lagos, Nigeria from the series The Hyena and Other Men, 2007
'Abdullahi Mohammad with Mainasara', Lagos, Nigeria from the series The Hyena and Other Men, 2007
£14,000 ($18k USD)
Apr 2021
Christie's
Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005
Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005
$32,500
Oct 2018
Phillips
The Hyena Men of Abuja, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
The Hyena Men of Abuja, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
$25,400
Phillips
Jatto with Mainasara, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Jatto with Mainasara, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
$12,900
Phillips
Mohammed Rabiu with Jamis, Ibusa, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Mohammed Rabiu with Jamis, Ibusa, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
$10,320
Phillips
Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis & Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis & Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
$7,620
Phillips
Mohammed Bah, Monrovia, Liberia from Boy Scouts
Mohammed Bah, Monrovia, Liberia from Boy Scouts
$6,350
Phillips
Abdulahi Galadima with the Monkey Amiloo, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Abdulahi Galadima with the Monkey Amiloo, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
$5,080
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Tem Vleksi, Cape Town
Tem Vleksi, Cape Town
Bought In
Oct 2016
Bonhams
Animal Handler with Ajasco, Lagos, Nigeria (from 'Hyena & Other Men')
Animal Handler with Ajasco, Lagos, Nigeria (from 'Hyena & Other Men'), 2007
$10,307
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Portrait #22, Rwanda, 2014 (from 1994)
Portrait #22, Rwanda, 2014 (from 1994), 2014
Bought In
Jul 2025
Sotheby's
Portrait #7, Rwanda, 2014 (from 1994)
Portrait #7, Rwanda, 2014 (from 1994), 2014
Bought In
Jul 2025
Christie's
Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis, Nigeria
Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis, Nigeria, 2005
$22,680
Apr 2025
Phillips
John Dollar Emeka, Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
John Dollar Emeka, Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
$8,255
Dec 2024
Sotheby's
Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria (from The Hyena and Other Men)
Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria (from The Hyena and Other Men), 2005
$14,014
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Portrait #1, Rwanda, 2014 (from 1994)
Portrait #1, Rwanda, 2014 (from 1994), 2014
$10,192
Nov 2024
Phillips
Escort Kama. Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
Escort Kama. Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
$7,620
Apr 2024
Bonhams
Motorbike rider with Amiloo, Abuja, Nigeria
Motorbike rider with Amiloo, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005
$9,690
Mar 2024
Sotheby's
Yaw Francis, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana
Yaw Francis, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana, 2009
Bought In
Oct 2023
Sotheby's
David Akore, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana
David Akore, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana, 2010
Bought In
Oct 2023
Sotheby's
Alhaji Hassan with Ajasco, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria
Alhaji Hassan with Ajasco, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria, 2007
$11,125
Oct 2023
Phillips
Al Hasan Abukari, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana
Al Hasan Abukari, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana
Bought In
Oct 2023
Christie's
Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria
Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria, 2005
Bought In
Oct 2023

For Sale 11

SitterArt · Artsper
Liberian Child Soldier
Liberian Child Soldier
$8,253
Photography
Pékin Fine Arts · Artsy
Untitled, Beijing
Untitled, Beijing , 2015
For sale
C – Print
Pékin Fine Arts · Artsy
Portrait #12, Rwanda
Portrait #12, Rwanda, 2015
For sale
Pékin Fine Arts · Artsy
Portrait #16, South Africa
Portrait #16, South Africa, 2016
For sale
C - Print
Pékin Fine Arts · Artsy
Portrait #7, Rwanda
Portrait #7, Rwanda, 2015
For sale
C – Print
Pékin Fine Arts · Artsy
Deersan, Beijing
Deersan, Beijing, 2015
For sale
C - Print
Pékin Fine Arts · Artsy
Portrait #3, Rwanda
Portrait #3, Rwanda, 2014
For sale
C - Print
Huxley-Parlour · Artsy
Burning Bush, Oaxaca de Juárez
Burning Bush, Oaxaca de Juárez, 2018
Price on request
Archival Pigment Print
Pékin Fine Arts · Artsy
Shaun Oliver, Cape Town
Shaun Oliver, Cape Town, 2011
For sale
C-Print
Pékin Fine Arts · Artsy
Gong Yining, Beijing
Gong Yining, Beijing, 2015
For sale
C – Print
Pékin Fine Arts · Artsy
Samuel Nkosomzi, Cape Town
Samuel Nkosomzi, Cape Town, 2007
For sale
C - Print
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Market143 auction results

trending_upPhotographs Range
$2.0K – $35.7K
17 of 29 photographs lots with prices
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$15.8K
Object-type specific
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$12.0K
17 priced photographs lots
calendar_todayLast Photographs Sale
Nov 2025 · $27.9K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
categoryMarket by Object Type
Photographs: $12.0K medianWorks on paper: $4.2K medianPosters/ephemera: $23.4K medianEditioned photos: $18.5K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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PhillipsSotheby'sStrauss & Co.Phillips de Pury & CompanyChristie's
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Prizes & Awards2

Prix Pictet
Shortlisted 2015
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize
Shortlisted 2012
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Publications2

Monograph 1

The hyena & other men Author
Prestel · 2008

Group Catalog 1

XL Photography 4
Hatje Cantz · 2011
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Current Exhibitions1

#6,944 PRISKA PASQUER

Pieter Hugo – “What the Light Falls On”

Pieter Hugo

PRISKA PASQUER GALLERY, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 83

May 6, 2026

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Recent News3

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HISTORICAL ARCHIVE | Emisferi / Hemispheres is the title of no. 2/26 of the magazine published by La Biennale
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In Kyoto, a photography festival unites artists on society's fringes
Kyotographie, an independent international photography festival in Kyoto, has announced 'The Edge' as its theme for the 2026 edition, following a focu…
exhibitionsMay 16, 2026
stevenson gallery closing johannesburg branch
Stevenson Gallery is closing its Johannesburg branch after 17 years, with the last day on December 12. The final exhibition, Tofo Bardi's "Underground…
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Past Exhibitions8

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#150 Yossi Milo Gallery

Pieter Hugo : La Cucaracha

245 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States

Jan 10, 2020 — Feb 28, 2020

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#915 Pékin Fine Arts

Pieter Hugo：Africa To China

Pieter Hugo

Union Industrial Building, 48 Wong Chuk Hang Road, 16/F

Mar 26, 2019 — Jun 24, 2019

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#150 Yossi Milo Gallery

Pieter Hugo : 1994

245 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States

Jan 26, 2017 — Mar 11, 2017

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#150 Yossi Milo Gallery

Pieter Hugo : Kin

245 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States

Sep 6, 2013 — Oct 19, 2013

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#150 Yossi Milo Gallery

Permanent Error

Pieter Hugo

245 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States

Sep 8, 2011 — Oct 29, 2011

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#150 Yossi Milo Gallery

Pieter Hugo : Nollywood

245 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States

Feb 25, 2010 — Apr 17, 2010

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#150 Yossi Milo Gallery

Pieter Hugo : The Hyena and Other Men

Pieter Hugo

245 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States

Nov 29, 2007 — Jan 12, 2008

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Saatchi Gallery

Civilization: The Way We Live Now

Max Aguilera-Hellweg, Andreia Alves de Oliveira, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Lisa Barnard, Olaf Otto Becker, Valérie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Peter Bialobrzeski, Florian Böhm, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs, Paul Bulteel, Edward Burtynsky, Antony Cairns, Alejandro Cartagena, Philippe Chancel, Edmund Clark, Che Onejoon, Olivier Christinat, Lynne Cohen, Lois Conner, Raphaël Dallaporta, Siân Davey, Susan Derges, Gerco de Ruijter, Richard de Tscharner, Sergey Dolzhenko, Natan Dvir, Roger Eberhard, Mitch Epstein, Andrew Esiebo, Adam Ferguson, Vincent Fournier, Jermaine Francis, Andy Freeberg, Matthieu Gafsou, Andreas Gefeller, George Georgiou, Christoph Gielen, Ashley Gilbertson, Katy Grannan, Samuel Gratacap, Lauren Greenfield, Han Sungpil, Nick Hannes, Sean Hemmerle, Mishka Henner, South Ho Siu Nam, Candida Höfer, Dan Holdsworth, Hong Hao, Aimée Hoving, Pieter Hugo, Tiina Itkonen, Leila Jeffreys, Jo Choonman, Chris Jordan, Nadav Kander, KDK, Mike Kelley, Kim Taedong, Alfred Ko, Irene Kung, Benny Lam, Sonia Lenzi, Gjorgji Lichovski, Michael Light, Mauricio Lima, Sheng-Wen Lo, Pablo López Luz, Christian Lünig, Alex MacLean, David Maisel, Ann Mandelbaum, Edgar Martins, Jeffrey Milstein, Mintio, Richard Misrach, Andrew Moore, David Moore, Richard Mosse, Michael Najjar, Walter Niedermayr, Noh Suntag, Simon Norfolk, Trent Parke, Cara Phillips, Robert Polidori, Sergey Ponomarev, Cyril Porchet, Mark Power, Giles Price, Yan Wang Preston, Reiner Riedler, Simon Roberts, Andrew Rowat, Victoria Sambunaris, Sato Shintaro, Dona Schwartz, Paul Shambroom, Chen Shaoxiong, Nigel Shafran, Toshio Shibata, Corinne Silva, Niki Simpson, Alec Soth, Jem Southam, Henrik Spohler, Will Steacy, Thomas Struth, Larry Sultan, Shigeru Takato, Eric Thayer, Danila Tkachenko, Eason Tsang Ka Wai, Andreas Tschersich, Amalia Ulman, Brian Ulrich, Penelope Umbrico, Johanna Urschel, Carlo Valsecchi, Cássio Vasconcellos, Reginald Van de Velde, Massimo Vitali, Robert Walker, Dougie Wallace, Richard Wallbank, Wang Qingsong, Patrick Weidmann, Thomas Weinberger, Damon Winter, Michael Wolf, Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti, Raimond Wouda, Xing Danwen, Ahmad Zamroni, Luca Zanier, Zhang Xiao, Robert Zhao Renhui, Francesco Zizola

Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, London SW3 4RY, UK

Sep 17, 2023

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Art Fair Appearances1

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Paris Photo — Paris
2021
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Recent Activity15

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Exhibition
Civilization: The Way We Live Now
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News
In Kyoto, a photography festival unites artists on society's fringes
May 16, 2026
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Exhibition
Pieter Hugo – “What the Light Falls On”
May 6, 2026
newspaper
News
stevenson gallery closing johannesburg branch
Dec 5, 2025
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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2021
Nov 11, 2021
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Exhibition
Pieter Hugo : La Cucaracha
Jan 10, 2020
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Exhibition
Pieter Hugo：Africa To China
Mar 26, 2019
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Exhibition
Pieter Hugo : 1994
Jan 26, 2017
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Prix Pictet 2015
Dec 1, 2015
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Exhibition
Pieter Hugo : Kin
Sep 6, 2013
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Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2012
Dec 1, 2012
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Exhibition
Permanent Error
Sep 8, 2011
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Exhibition
Pieter Hugo : Nollywood
Feb 25, 2010
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Exhibition
Pieter Hugo : The Hyena and Other Men
Nov 29, 2007
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Pieter Hugo born
Jan 1, 1976
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Related News5

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