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Samuel Fosso 26/10/2025
    We are proud to introduce Samuel Fosso as the fifth guest in our Appreciation Gallery.In Fosso’s world, the camera is not a tool. It is a mirror, a stage, and a declaration of self. Born in Cameroon in 1962 and raised in Bangui, he began taking photographs as a teenager.What started as simple portraits for his family soon became an exploration of identity, power and imagination.By night he turned his small studio into a laboratory of selves.He dressed, posed, performed and built a visual language that redefined what it... Read more...
Jarne Busse 12/10/2025
Jarne Busse is a twenty-three-year-old author, illustrator and graphic designer from Hannover, Germany.He currently lives and works in Barcelona, where his creative journey continues to evolve into both a profession and a form of self-expression. We are proud to introduce him as the third guest in our Appreciation Gallery, and the first author to be featured in this series.Each guest brings a different language of creation.In Jarne’s work, design becomes more than visuals. It becomes a way to translate thought into story, and story into identity. His story   Jarne’s... Read more...
Lenny Pharrel 01/10/2025
Lenny Pharrel 01/10/2025
We are happy to announce Lenny Pharrel (22) from Amsterdam. For us this feels close to home, since Zongoville itself is based in the Netherlands. His addition to the gallery reflects... Read more...
Cristian Elizalde 14/09/2025
Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1981, Cristian Elizalde — widely known as Le Chiri — began his artistic journey by leaving his mark. From tagging the walls of his childhood home to sketching in school notebooks, his creative drive quickly expanded into the urban landscape. As a teenager, his skateboard carried him into the heart of the punk and hardcore scene, a movement that shaped both his identity and his visual language. A transformative journey through South America deepened this path. Immersed in the Amazon rainforest, Elizalde’s encounters with psychedelics revealed... Read more...