Regards – Guerchom Ndebo

Écrit par Team BXL sur 2 novembre 2021

Dans le cadre de la clôture de l’exposition « Congo in Conversation », visible jusqu’au 12 novembre au Parc d’Egmont à Bruxelles, nous accueillons le photographe Guerchom Ndebo.

Artiste photographe et réalisateur, Guerchom Ndebo utilise la photographie pour communiquer ses préoccupations sur des sujets complexes et susciter la réflexion sur des enjeux contemporains. Au cœur de sa démarche artistique, s’entrechoquent les concepts d’égalité, des différences culturelles, de solidarité et de décadence. Depuis sa participation au projet Congo in Conversation, son travail a été publié notamment dans The New York Times, CNN, the Irish Times, The Globe et El País, et il travaille comme indépendant pour Getty Images.

: Motorcycle riders transporting hundreds of kilos of charcoal on their bikes in the eastern Congolese city of Goma. Guerchom Ndebo for Fondation Carmignac.

: People cross the cooling lava flow in search of a safe place to stay after the eruption. Guerchom Ndebo for Fondation Carmignac.

: Villagers fuel a kiln to make charcoal on a swathe of deforested land on the edge of Virunga National Park just north of the eastern Congolese city of Goma. Guerchom Ndebo for Fondation Carmignac.

: Men transport charcoal at the roadside market of Kulupango on the edge of Virunga National Park just north of the eastern Congolese city of Goma earlier this month. Most of the charcoal bound for Goma passes through Kulupango market. Guerchom Ndebo for Fondation Carmignac.

: Activists protest the lack of access to water outside the offices of REGIDESO, the state water provider, in Goma, the capital of eastern Congo’s North Kivu Province this month. Congo is AfricaÕs most water-rich country, holding more than half of the continentÕs fresh water reserves, but 75% of the countryÕs 80 million people have no access to safe drinking water. Lack of access to water and sanitation, coupled with poor hygiene, are among the top five risk factors associated with death and disability in the country. The lack of water during the coronavirus pandemic has made maintaining hygiene difficult and has led to protests in the city on the shores of Lake Kivu. Guerchom Ndebo for Fondation Carmignac.

: A man stands by a smouldering kiln burning wood being turned into charcoal on a swathe of deforested land on the edge of Virunga National Park just north of the eastern Congolese city of Goma. Guerchom Ndebo for Fondation Carmignac.