De la misma manera, Pieter Hugo, en uno de sus viajes por África occidental se sintió atraído por esa mezcla de ficción y surrealismo. Allí mismo en sus escenarios, con actores, asistentes y maquilladores engendró esta realidad verosímil. Las impresionantes imágenes son claramente surrealistas, pero podrían ser reales en su conjunto ya que forman parte de la cultura simbólica local.
Nollywood is said to be the third largest film industry in the world, to abundance film productions are realized in the home video market. Home production of low cost, improvised scripts, where the actors are neighbors,...curiously continue to fascinate the public.
Similarly, Pieter Hugo, in one of his travels through West Africa was attracted by the mixture of fiction and surrealism. Right there in their scenarios, with actors, assistants and makeup local artists initiated the creation of a verosimilar reality. The awesome images are clearly surreal, but that could be real on a set, they are rooted in the local symbolic culture.
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