A family reunion takes place in the suburbs of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "All the gazes are going into different directions," photographer Leonard Pongo said. "There are clearly some mixed emotions here. And that is the DRC. It is a very complex country, and it is not always easy to read which signs are being communicated. There is a state of tension and confusion."
Leonard Pongo
A flipped-over car in the Golf neighborhood of Lubumbashi. Pongo, born and raised in Belgium, first visited the country in 2011. He wanted to get a closer look at daily life in the homeland of his father.
Leonard Pongo
A blind man at the Nuru school for the blind in Lubumbashi.
Leonard Pongo
A young man kisses his girlfriend at a bar of the Ewa Bora suburbs of Lubumbashi.
Leonard Pongo
A local rapper named 9A poses after a concert at the Lubumbashi French Institute.
Leonard Pongo
A morning service at a church in the city of Kananga.
Leonard Pongo
A pastor blesses a woman at the church in Kananga.
Leonard Pongo
A pastor reaches toward Pongo to shake his hand and bless him in Kinshasa, the Congo's capital city.
Leonard Pongo
A night scene on the road from N'djili to Kinshasa.
Leonard Pongo
A mute woman on the streets of Barumbu.
Leonard Pongo
Train tracks at the Kananga train station.
Leonard Pongo
A damaged wall in a Kananga jail.
Leonard Pongo
A man in Kananga goes over a supporters list for upcoming elections.
Leonard Pongo
The streets of Kananga at night.
Leonard Pongo
A young art student in Kinshasa.
Leonard Pongo
A man in shock after his truck fell over in the mud on the way to the city of Kikwit.
