Searching for a new experience of Congo – The Washington Post

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Perspective | Searching for a new experience of Congo

Photographer Leonard Pongo chose a more personal approach to documenting the country of his roots, Congo.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/12/07/searching-for-a-new-experience-of-congo/

Leonard Pongo’s photographs of Congo are raw and guttural. They radiate with the sort of unease that comes with discovering a long-sought-out place — one that forms part of the photographer’s heritage, despite the fact that Pongo had to wait until his early 20s to experience it for himself.