Republic of Congo

Born in Congo-Brazzaville, fashion photographer and correspondent for Agence Gamma in Central Africa. From the 1980s onwards, he was active in film production as a cinematographer, production manager, scriptwriter and director. In 1994, he set up his own production company, Les Films Bantu, in Congo Brazzaville. Several of his films deal with environmental issues and sustainable development, notably "Le dernier des Babingas" (1991), a documentary selected at the Cannes Film Festival and awarded at several festivals, and "L'eau, la terre, la forêt" (2004). He also develops his themes in photography, as with "Les derniers forestiers" exhibited at the Biennale des Rencontres africaines de la photographie in Bamako (2005). For this Biennale, he also initiated the theme "Frontiers" (2009). Another part of his work is dedicated to the culture of the Congo: "Tala Tala" (1992), "Zao" (2009), "Sur les chemins de la Rumba" (2015), the latter of which toured the world of festivals and contributed to the inclusion of Congolese rumba in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, "Le sapeur" (2019) documentary associated with his photo exhibition "Les sapeurs" on a very popular fashion, "Fosso" (2021) documentary on photographer Samuel Fosso presented at the retrospective devoted to him at the Maison Européenne de la
Photographie in Paris.

Filmography

Le dernier des Babingas (1991)
L'eau, la terre, la forêt (2004)
Tala Tala (1992)
Zao (2009)
Sur les chemins de la Rumba (2015)
Le sapeur (2019)
Fosso (2021)
Mweze (2020)