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Authors, works and languages of the image
Pieter Hugo
The Hyena Men of Abuja, 2005
"The Hyena Men of Abuja", 2005. © Pieter Hugo.
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Introduction
The artwork "The Hyena Men of Abuja," captured by South African photographer Pieter Hugo in 2005, represents one of the most iconic and unsettling images in 21st-century contemporary photography. The image brutally plunges us into a liminal space where post-colonial urban civilization and wild nature collide in a choreography of domination, survival, and mutual dependence.
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