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Busy streets of Kinshasa...

2008.05.07

I'm always amazed with the heavy loads women are carrying...

Men use these little cart each has a number. When it's too heavy and they have to climb a hill they can be 2 or 3 to do it.

Sorry... that's the window's car on the bottom.... but did not want to cut it

Selling cold soft drinks and water..., sometimes, when there is trafic, they are in the middle of the streets with cars passing on both sides...

As a driver you have to know how to use your breaks, as a walker you must have eyes on the back of your head as well as on the sides...

I loved it, I wanted to stay hours in a corner and just watch life .... if you noticed the bread on the center-right of the picture.
...........it might be more fun to see all of the pics enlarged.............

I'm back to Paris and had a nice time in Africa
Unfortunately, as I expected, I only had time to shoot from the windows of the car, and most of the time through it...
So I'm trying to share with you the everyday life of people of RDC (Democratic Republic of Congo, ex-Zaire). The streets are crowdy morning and night.... there are about 9 milion people in Kinshasa.

48 Comments

very impressive...
beautiful colours !
thanks for the share !

shabine · 2008-05-07: 20:33

Des rues pleines de vie, de couleurs, de sourires !!!
un post qui donne la pêche !!!
thanks for sharring !!!
;-)

sistatitoune · 2008-05-07: 20:43

9 million?!!! Je n'avais pas conscience qu'ils y étaient si nombreux!

J'adore ces photos de rue qui nous permettent de découvrir une parcelle de la réalité de nos semblables, dans un autre coin du monde.
Merci.

Madoc · 2008-05-07: 20:44

Wow, I can't believe the load on the heads of the people in the last shot!

Such beautiful colors and fabric on many of the women... I love the head wraps.

Thanks for sharing.

DancingDolphin · 2008-05-07: 21:14

Thanks, thanks, thanks for sharing these. Lot's to look at here.

maharba · 2008-05-07: 22:57

Tes photos montrent bien l'activité intense qui règne dans cette mégapole de Kinshasa. Seul manque le bruit !
Beau reportage et content de te revoir ici Jen !

JacquesR · 2008-05-08: 00:32

Great shots! so colorful!!

oakley · 2008-05-08: 01:39

Wonderful photos!!! Thanks for sharing!!

jennye · 2008-05-08: 03:22

beau carnet de voyage, merci du partage

Michka43 · 2008-05-08: 03:44

thanks for sharing and welcome back :))

mimax2 · 2008-05-08: 04:42

Merci pour nous montrer vos photos de RDC
beaucoup de souvenirs pour vous !!..

tulip · 2008-05-08: 07:13

Enfin, te voilà! Très vivant comme post! Merci pour le partage...

miclaud · 2008-05-08: 08:14

Great post! Love all the colourful fabrics. It's lovely to see places that I will never visit!(well, you never know!)

glennis · 2008-05-08: 08:18

Wow great set!

tbranscum · 2008-05-08: 09:15

Oh, Ilove these busy streets :)))

anamaria21 · 2008-05-08: 10:14

Very Authentic..! I love this kind of real-life photos. Thank you for the photograper for sharing with us.

plhearts · 2008-05-08: 11:26

Thank you for taking us on a tour of Kinshasa. Love especially No: 5 –– the car window at the bottom has been used to great effect. Thanks for sharing, and best regards.

meiling · 2008-05-08: 13:34

There is so much life and color in these photos. I think that there is a kinetic energy too because you took them from the car.

vollenda · 2008-05-08: 14:42

On connait mal l'Afrique ici en Martinique et on ne s'imagine pas toujours très bien le quotidien dans de grandes villes Africaines .. Thanks for sharing ! ;--)) 9 millions eh ban !

lorenzovie · 2008-05-08: 20:14

Very colorful and vivid shots, excellent document of the urban every day life

agandia · 2008-05-08: 21:32

Très belle série riche en couleurs et en vie : merci, je croyais y être !

domelia · 2008-05-08: 21:40

Superbe série, merci pour ces scenes de vies, que tu nous fais vivre

LeleneCherie · 2008-05-08: 22:04

what a colorful set!

demitri · 2008-05-09: 00:37

Wonderful and colorful shots.

castaway · 2008-05-09: 03:06

en effet very very busy... même en ayant fait arrêt sur image, j'ai l'impression d'être dans leurs mouvements, belles photos.

orangepassion · 2008-05-09: 10:38

really good shots!!!

acididko · 2008-05-09: 14:45

Great set! So much action and emotion in these photos. Looks really really busy

bamommy · 2008-05-09: 14:57

fantastic set my friend. they look amazing.

storytaylor · 2008-05-09: 18:15

HI ... veery nice .. i like photo peaple

fatimapic1 · 2008-05-10: 07:59

Great set! I really enjoyed it.

spikepole · 2008-05-10: 08:28

Amazing report!!

somogyvari · 2008-05-10: 08:43

superbes images ... la première est incroyable

Karibbean · 2008-05-10: 12:15

Thanks for these shots of Kinshasa. Made me feel as if I was there. The women carrying those loads are amazing.

NatinKool · 2008-05-10: 21:05

Especially that you have taken these from a moving car, the result is fantastic! Great set in documentary style, very informative. Well done!

longimanus · 2008-05-11: 07:20

wonderful set

jwideman · 2008-05-11: 20:55

Kin la belle! Un endroit que j'aimerais découvrir même si ce que je vois sur ces photos m'est familier! Belle série de vie! Contente que tu aies eu un temps agréable en Afrique! :)

Nayah · 2008-05-12: 01:10