PERMANENT ERROR

Pieter Hugo
PERMANENT ERROR

Photographs: Pieter Hugo

Text: Frederica Angelucci & Jim Puckett

Publisher: Prestel

112 pages

Year: 2011

ISBN: 978-3-7913-4520-8

Comments: Hardcover with tipped in color photograph, 29,5 x 24,7 cm, color photographs. In very good condition other than discoloration of the back cover. Text in English.

The most recent publication from the award-winning photographer Pieter Hugo reveals the devastating consequences of toxic waste on one community in Africa. In his previous well-received volumes of photographs, Hugo offers unflinching yet striking portraits of humans, animals, societies, and landscapes that shock and disturb, but also demand our attention. In Permanent Error, he documents a garbage dump in Ghana that has become the repository for discarded computers from around the world. These haunting images document the true cost of a misguided policy-the shipping of millions of tons of obsolete computers to developing countries. The computers are burned to extract valuable metals, effectively turning the site into a toxic wasteland that contaminates air, soil, and groundwater for miles around. These amazing portraits tell a story of a marginal community overwhelmed by poverty, but where human strength and resilience shine through the inhuman conditions Hugo lays bare.