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See 2021 through the eyes of 12 women photographers
Raïssa Karama Rwizibuka, based mostly in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo: Congolese elegance has been distorted by intercontinental media, so considerably so that Congolese women do not believe in their natural beauty anymore. So, I required to depict purely natural Congolese beauty in its greatness and its authenticity. On the left is 19-calendar year-old Rosalie Kinja. On the right, Carine Baraka who is 23. Both of those younger women are from Bukavu/South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The idea for the photograph arrived to me in the center of a discussion with them. Quickly, I grabbed my camera and explained to the women: ‘Help me, I’m heading to…