Joseph Makula was the first and the only Congolese photographer & agrave; work & agrave; Starting from 1956 for Congopress, the official Belgian Congo Agency. He had learned the same in the Arm &#eacute; had the opportunity to work for a newspaper. He mainly photographed the daily life of the Congolese Urban Congolese class & agrave; which he belonged to him and with which he could obviously identify.

one of his subjects. In the 1950s for the Gar & Ccedil; ons and the girls. He planed in front of his goal a large number of what was called & agrave; li eacte les & lsquo; & eacute; who formed a new Congolese Lite. & Agrave; It is necessary to initiate colonial authorities, they organize them. to women who were sorted in the course without any training, or with low schooling on March & Eacute; work. The relatively intimate photographs that Makula has taken on the inad ones Reflove clearly the affinity; Between the photographer and the people photographers. & nbsp;

in comparison with his European coll & eacute; Much fewer photos of officials and visits to high dignitaries. He also has much less tour. Although there are some photos taken in distant provinces, it is clear that it worked mainly in and around the capital of Opoldville. Son & Oilig; Uvre has no photo of Congolese village life. It is not clear if the striking contrasts between the photos of Makula and those of its European collis. Personal or agrave; of the cments of his supremes. & nbsp;

apr & egrave; And only a woman photographer, Mpate Sulia. Mobutu entrusted him with some important missions. Between 1981 and 1991, he operated his own MAK & Agrave photo studio; LEMBA (Kinshasa). One of his daughters also works as a photographer. & Nbsp;