Abstract
This chapter consists of an edited transcript of a photo elicitation interview
with Jacques Nkinzingabo carried out in 2021 called ‘The Images that
Define Us’. Jacques Nkinzingabo is a music producer, photographer and founder/director of the Kigali Centre for Photography, and a pioneer of
Rwanda’s creative scene. Largely self-taught, Nkinzingabo is a
documentary photographer who through the Kigali Centre for
Photography is building the Rwandan photography community by
providing support and training to young photographers, access to
resources and workshops, running an exhibition space and engaging in
community photography outreach projects (see Fairey 2024).
The interview was undertaken as part of a multi-country research
project investigating the role of images and image-making in the building
of peace and dialogue after war and violence.1 In ‘The Images that Define
Us’, the interviewee selects images that that they feel define them personally
and that define them in relation to the place they are from. Capitalizing on
images’ capacity to spark ‘deep and interesting talk’ (Harper 2002: 16),
the interview seeks to understand the interviewee’s perceptions of their
country and their personal worldview through images that they deem as
significant. These might be images that they have inherited or that they
have actively chosen or created. Unless otherwise stated, all images
discussed are by Jacques Nkinzingabo.
with Jacques Nkinzingabo carried out in 2021 called ‘The Images that
Define Us’. Jacques Nkinzingabo is a music producer, photographer and founder/director of the Kigali Centre for Photography, and a pioneer of
Rwanda’s creative scene. Largely self-taught, Nkinzingabo is a
documentary photographer who through the Kigali Centre for
Photography is building the Rwandan photography community by
providing support and training to young photographers, access to
resources and workshops, running an exhibition space and engaging in
community photography outreach projects (see Fairey 2024).
The interview was undertaken as part of a multi-country research
project investigating the role of images and image-making in the building
of peace and dialogue after war and violence.1 In ‘The Images that Define
Us’, the interviewee selects images that that they feel define them personally
and that define them in relation to the place they are from. Capitalizing on
images’ capacity to spark ‘deep and interesting talk’ (Harper 2002: 16),
the interview seeks to understand the interviewee’s perceptions of their
country and their personal worldview through images that they deem as
significant. These might be images that they have inherited or that they
have actively chosen or created. Unless otherwise stated, all images
discussed are by Jacques Nkinzingabo.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Picturing Peace |
| Subtitle of host publication | Photography, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding |
| Editors | Tom Allbeson, Pippa Oldfield, Jolyon Mitchell |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781350258877 |
| Publication status | Published - 26 Dec 2024 |
Keywords
- peace
- conflict
- photography
- peace photography
- peacebuilding
- visual peace
- conflict transformation