The Uncanny

The Uncanny is a personal visual exploration of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Belgian photographer Léonard Pongo. Collaborating with friends and family in the country, Pongo became immersed in their vision. He let them decide what he should witness as he attempted to understand the region.
In 2011, Pongo travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to photograph the country’s general election and its impact on society. He soon became aware that, as a European educated photographer he could neither define which stories mattered nor were they his to tell. As his awareness of this increased, he came to terms with the limits of photography to show ‘the truth’ as well as his own limitations in accessing and understanding the environment, bias, and stereotypes. The project evolved into the photographs which form his first book The Uncanny.The Uncanny was the winner of the ICP GOST First Photobook Award 2020.

Contributor: Léonard Pongo (Photographs by), Nadia Yala Kisukidi (Introduction by)

Pages: 192

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