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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

— 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 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

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

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