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Archive - Congo, Alex Majoli & Paolo Pellegrin 

Magnum Group 

A photographer, in a certain sense, paints with light. Sometimes, however, a photographer must work—painstakingly, patiently—with shadow, in order to bring the latter into real life and show us a hidden aspect of reality. This is, in large part, the secret of this exhibition. Its main character is the Congo, my homeland, which I revisit thanks to Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin. They successfully avoided the commonest misapprehensions of Africa viewed by Western eyes: anthropological reporting and exotic travel tales. They confirm that true photography restores independent existence or specific... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013.

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2013. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013.

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013.

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013.
(Collage by Daria Birang, photos by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2013. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. Tout vient de dieu. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

Scene #7113.
REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013.

Alex Majoli 2013

Scene #0435.
REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

Scene #8964.
REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2013. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2013. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2014. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013. 

Alex Majoli 2013

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. 2013.

Paolo Pellegrin 2013

CONGO. 2013. 
Archive - May 5th - November 21st 1945 / The New World order 

Magnum Photographers 2015

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