PELLEGRIN, Paolo (Roma, 1964); MAJOLI, Alex (Ravenna, 1971)Congo

Firma autografa di Majoli al frontespizio (Signed by Majoli at the title-page)

The Congo Project was an indipendent artistic commision of Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin to freely document contemporary Congo over a period of two years. Copublished by Lynx for Hope & Aperture Foundation. With an accompanying exhibition at the Rencontres d'Arles, France 2015.

In this sumptuously printed, large-format publication, distinguished Magnum photographers Paolo Pellegrin and Alex Majoli present a collaborative document of the Congo and its people. Bringing together the best of each photographer's personal styles as well as experimental forays into abstraction and collage, this volume captures what Alain Mabanckou describes as a full range of the landscape, “from urban scenes to great forests and back, reflecting the way it is in most African societies today.”

In questa pubblicazione di grande formato sontuosamente stampata, i fotografi Magnum Paolo Pellegrin e Alex Majoli presentano un documento sul Congo e la sua gente. Riunendo il meglio degli stili personali a incursioni sperimentali e collage, questo volume cattura ciò che Alain Mabanckou descrive come una gamma completa del paesaggio, “dalle scene urbane alle grandi foreste e ritorno, riflettendo lo stato in cui si trovano oggi la maggior parte delle società africane”.