Congo in Conversation chronicles important stories from the country’s rising reportage photographers
The recently published monogram features 35 reportages and 15 photographers’ work over a climactic six months as the pandemic hit the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Congo in Conversation is a collaborative online chronicle bringing together Congolese journalists and photographers. Awarded the 11th Carmignac Photojournalism Award, the reportage project started to document the Central African country starting in January of this year, just before the worldwide Coronavirus outbreak hit the country. Addressing a number of issues including the Congo’s social and ecological challenges in 2020, the platform provides an uninterrupted stream of information in the form of articles, photo reportages and videos. A project initially established by photojournalist Finbarr O’Reilly – who has over 20 years of experience in the medium – the monogram, which we’ll be delving into to