Carmignac Photojournalism Award – 11th edition Democratic Republic of Congo presents Congo in Conversation – A collaborative reportage produced by Award laureate Finbarr O’Reilly.
Featuring work by Arlette Bashizi | Justin Makangara | Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro | Baron Nkoy | Moses Sawasawa | Ley Uwera | Bernadette Vivuya | Steve Wembi
The 11th Carmignac Photojournalism Award on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—was granted to Canadian-British photographer Finbarr O’Reilly.
Every year, the Carmignac Photojournalism Award supports the production of a 6-month photo-reportage by the laureate, which is then published in a monograph and presented in a traveling exhibition. Finbarr O’Reilly started his reportage in January but as borders closures prevented him from traveling to DRC, he and the Award team re-conceived their approach to adapt the reportage to the ongoing crisis. This led to the conception of ‘Congo In Conversation, a collaborative digital reportage produced in close cooperation with Congolese journalists and photographers.
Transmitted via a dedicated website and the Carmignac Award’s social networks, “Congo in Conversation” provides a pioneering, regularly updated, stream of articles, photo reportages and videos documenting the human, social, and ecological challenges faced in the Congo today, in the context of an unprecedented health crisis.
CONGO IN CONVERSATION
The 11th Carmignac Photojournalism Award project will explore — with cautious optimism — the future of the Democratic Republic of Congo, documenting the harsh realities that have impeded progress in this long-exploited country. Within the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the project is turning its attention to how the Congolese are coping with the worst global health crisis in a century — in addition to managing the second-deadliest Ebola epidemic in history and the world’s deadliest measles outbreak.
Through its network of contributors working in compliance with professional journalistic ethics and standards, the Carmignac Award’s Congo project will document human rights and environmental issues, providing in-depth reportages, snapshots of daily life and struggles in this huge country, as it faces an unprecedented health crisis.
For more information, visit: congoinconversation.fondationcarmignac.com
