6. Pieter Hugo / Courtesy of Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa Nollywood Nigeria’s Nollywood is said to be the third largest film industry in the world, releasing over a thousand films a year. Movies are made in a week with low cost equipment, basic scripts, actors cast on the day of shooting, and “reallife” locations. By asking a team of actors and assistants to recreate Nollywood myths and symbols as if they were on movie set, Hugo blurs the boundaries between documentary and fiction, and the viewer is left wondering what is real.
7. Andrea Star Reese , United States The Urban Cave Unsheltered or homeless people are often regarded with suspicion and not always afforded much sympathy, but Andrea Star Reese found them receptive and cooperative when she started to follow them. They all had a desire to tell their story. The images are her response to the beauty of the place and people, and to the dignity, determination and perseverance of the homeless society.