Léonard Pongo

Photographer
   
Location: Kinshasa
Nationality: Belgian
Biography: Pongo started photography in a documentary fashion, which he gradually merged with snapshot and diary styles. His long-term project “The Uncanny” has earned him several international awards and world- wide recognition. Pongo’s... MORE
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on BuzzFeed: 9 Photo Stories That Will Challenge Your View Of The World
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Dec 20, 2017
These images are beautiful, like visual poetry, capturing the in-between human spaces and rendering them magical. It's an incredibly unique look at Congo, a country usually portrayed as a place of war and blood diamonds.
" Kate Bubacz  (BuzzFeed News Senior Photo Editor) referring to Leonard Pongo's Images for The Washington Post



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Announcincing the Recipients of Reportage Grants

Léonard Pongo / Amsterdam
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