Solus Volume I, Concerning Atypical Beauty and Youth

Barcelona: Editorial RM, 2022.
ISBN: 9788417975753
Condition: As New
hardcover
First Edition
SIGNED, 9.5 x 12.5 in. 176 pgs, 98 color

In Solus Volume I, South African photographer Pieter Hugo (born 1976) reflects on the values implied by the fashion industry’s shifting aesthetics through portraits of street-cast models found in diverse locations such as London, Paris, New York and South Africa. Working with the casting agency, Midland, Hugo found himself captivated by sitters with unconventional and atypical looks, particularly before they underwent the machinations of wardrobe, makeup and hair. Drawn to this uniqueness and recalling the sense of not-belonging that is part of the intense experience of youth, Hugo’s invitation to the models was: “simply present yourself.” The resulting photographs embrace vulnerability and frailty as much as they do the agency and idealism of their subjects. Hugo’s typological study questions fashion’s commodification of youth and the “outsider,” while embracing the beauty of peculiarity worn with acute awareness and the paradox of craving both difference and conformity. Item #21763

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Solus Volume I, Concerning Atypical Beauty and Youth. Pieter Hugo.
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Solus Volume I, Concerning Atypical Beauty and Youth. Pieter Hugo.
Solus Volume I, Concerning Atypical Beauty and Youth. Pieter Hugo.