«Congo in Conversation » Huit photographes congolais documentent les défis humains !
Le 11e Prix Carmignac du photojournalisme, consacré à la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), a été attribué au photographe canado-britannique Finbarr O’Reilly, signale le communiqué de cette édition.
Chaque année, le Prix Carmignac du photojournalisme soutient la production d’un photo-reportage de 6 mois par le lauréat, qui est ensuite publié dans une monographie et présenté dans une exposition itinérante.
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Le reportage de Finbarr O’Reilly a débuté en janvier mais la fermetures des frontières l’empêchant de se rendre en RDC, il a, avec l’équipe du Prix, repensé et adapté le reportage à la crise que nous traversons pour concevoir « Congo In Conversation », un reportage collaboratif en ligne réalisé en coopération étroite avec des des journalistes et photographes congolais qui sont : Arlette Bashizi, Justin Makangara, Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Baron Nkoy, Moses Sawasawa, Ley Uwera (photo à la Une), Bernadette Vivuya et Steve Wembi.
Quelques photos du reportage:
Vendors and shoppers at Kituku market on the shores of Lake Kivu in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, April 2, 2020. Many Congolese survive on their daily earnings and cannot afford to follow health advisories on maintaining social distance. Moses Sawasawa/Fondation Carmignac
Vendors and shoppers at a market on the shores of Lake Kivu in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, April 2, 2020. Many Congolese survive on their daily earnings and cannot afford to follow health advisories on maintaining social distance. Moses Sawasawa/Fondation Carmignac
A street scene in Congo’s capital Kinshasa in mid-March, 2020. Congolese authorities closed schools and shut down major commercial activities to enforce social distancing in a country where many people weren’t taking precautions and didn’t believe the virus was a threat to them during the early days of the pandemic. Justin Makangara/Fondation Carmignac
It is Sunday, April 05 at 9:05 pm. Gombe is preparing for its 14-day lockdown. The grocery stores and shops are already closed and this part of the busy city is empty of its regulars. Gombe is the administrative centre of Kinshasa, considered the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic affecting DR Congo. To date, records show that Gombe has more than 70 percent of cases in the national territory. Currently there are approximately 377 infected people in DR Congo.
A member of the COVID-19 response wears protective equipment at the entrance to a building in the Gombe commune of Congo’s Capital, Kinshasa, in mid-March, 2020. The responders were at the main entrance of the building to raise awareness among apartment residents about social distancing and to take the temperature of anyone entering or leaving the building, where there are around 75 families and offices. Justin Makangara/Fondation Carmignac
A market in DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa in mid-March, 2020. Congolese authorities closed schools and shut down major commercial activities to enforce social distancing in a country where many people weren’t taking precautions and didn’t believe the virus was a threat to them during the early days of the pandemic. Justin Makangara/Fondation Carmignac
An empty classroom in DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa in mid-March, 2020. Congolese authorities closed schools and shut down major commercial activities to enforce social distancing in a country where many people weren’t taking precautions and didn’t believe the virus was a threat to them during the early days of the pandemic. Justin Makangara/Fondation Carmignac
From the project titled Black Consciousness and my enquiry into our ideas about African women and beauty and how this leads to a deeper exploration into our sense of self-esteem and self-confidence in our post-colonial context. Pamela Tulizo for Fondation Carmignac
In early April, three days after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Congo’s eastern city of Goma, a woman is given disinfectant in the city’s Katoyi neighbourhood, where residents do not have easy access to water. Arlette Bashizi for Fondation Carmignac.
With schools closed during Congo’s period of confinement, my 13-year-old sister Marie studies at home by the light of a mobile phone during one of the regular power cuts in Goma earlier this week. Arlette Bashizi for Fondation Carmignac.
Basé sur un site Internet créé pour l‘occasion, et relayé sur les réseaux sociaux du Prix Carmignac, « Congo in Conversation » propose une production inédite d’écrits, de reportages photos et de vidéos qui documente les défis humains, sociaux et écologiques que le Congo affronte actuellement dans le contexte d’une crise sanitaire sans précédent.