The Uncanny
GOST Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 14. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-910401-72-9 (ISBN)
Description
In 2011, Pongo travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to photograph the country's
general election and its impact on society. He soon became aware that, as a European educated
photographer he could neither define which stories mattered nor were they his to tell. As his
awareness of this increased, he came to terms with the limits of photography to show 'the truth' as
well as his own limitations in accessing and understanding the environment, bias, and stereotypes.
The project evolved into the photographs which form his first book The Uncanny.
The Uncanny was the winner of the ICP GOST First Photobook Award 2020.
general election and its impact on society. He soon became aware that, as a European educated
photographer he could neither define which stories mattered nor were they his to tell. As his
awareness of this increased, he came to terms with the limits of photography to show 'the truth' as
well as his own limitations in accessing and understanding the environment, bias, and stereotypes.
The project evolved into the photographs which form his first book The Uncanny.
The Uncanny was the winner of the ICP GOST First Photobook Award 2020.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
111 images
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910401-72-9 (9781910401729)
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Persons
Photographer and visual artist Leonard Pongo was born in Liege in 1988, and grew up in Belgium.
His predominantly long-term projects have been exhibited internationally. Primordial Earth
was shown at the Lubumbashi Biennale, Rencontres de Bamako (where it received the Prix de
l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie), Oostende Museum of Modern Art and at
the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts, as part of Pongo's first solo exhibition in Belgium. He teaches
Documentary Photography at the Kinshasa Academy of Fine Arts (ABA) and at the LUCA School of
Arts in Brussels.
His predominantly long-term projects have been exhibited internationally. Primordial Earth
was shown at the Lubumbashi Biennale, Rencontres de Bamako (where it received the Prix de
l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie), Oostende Museum of Modern Art and at
the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts, as part of Pongo's first solo exhibition in Belgium. He teaches
Documentary Photography at the Kinshasa Academy of Fine Arts (ABA) and at the LUCA School of
Arts in Brussels.