Jacques Nkinzingabo

Jacques Nkinzingabo is a Rwandan DJ, music producer and documentary photographer. Quotes When I started to document my country I was very tired of people come and just talk about the genocide,” he told CNN. “Or all people know about my country is the genocide I want to show the beauty of people, I want to show the happiness of people I always tell people, if you want to see the life of people in the country, just go out on the streets, I always want to hear something from people. And get their experience. And tell their stories and people can learn from them This photographer wants to show Rwanda is about ‘more than the genocide’ 29 June 2017 In my projects I use a variety of techniques and photographic processes,making my works consistent with the subject matter and its artistic identity What motivates me to go out and photograph is, obviously, the people and their stories, because I strongly believe in people, and in photography as a tool for social change Large swathes of Africa have a culture of walking. By necessity, people travel on foot to trade and exchange things in rural areas of Rwanda. It’s not uncommon for individuals to walk up to ten kilometers to trade goods I always search for the beauty within people, that special something in their eyes that makes them who they are, I try to show this in my pictures. This takes time and it takes a deeper understanding of people Nkinzingabo is telling the Rwandan story through photography 3 September 2026 Category:Living people