MESSINA/MUSINA BY PIETER HUGO

MESSINA/MUSINA BY PIETER HUGO. SOFTCOVER, FIRST EDITION, UNPAGINATED APPROXIMATELY 60 PAGES, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, IN GOOD CONDITION.

"Musina is the northernmost town in South Africa. It lies on the Limpopo River on the border of Zimbabwe. The town was formerly known as Messina, and in 2002 its name was changed to correct a colonial misspelling of the name of the Musina people who previously lived in the region. Located in the heart of the bushveld with its hunting farms and diamonds mine, on the major trucking route north, it attracts a conglomeration of disparate peoples. In his photographs of individuals, families, interiors, landscapes and incidental details, Hugo reflects on the wounds and scars of race, class and nationality that persist here, on the border of Zimbabwe, a country in the process of self-destructing. The circumstances of Musina can be also be seen as broadly reflective of any community that is confronted by transition."