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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

— Jacques Nkinzingabo

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I want to show the beauty of people, I want to show the happiness of people

In my projects I use a variety of techniques and photographic processes,making my works consistent with the subject matter and its artistic identity

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

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

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

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