Léonard Pongo: Nothing But Ordinary Congo « The Leica Camera

Léonard Pongo: Nothing But Ordinary Congo

Born in Belgium in 1988, Léonard Pongo was one of the five POPCAP 2014 award winners for his series “The Uncanny”. Here, he discusses what inspired this work – namely the need to create a bond with his father’s family and country, the Democratic Republic of Congo – plus his process of “listening to images”, his different influences, and, more generally, his conception of the photographic medium.