Born in 1978 in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sammy Baloji lives and works in Lubumbashi and Brussels. A graduate in modern letters from the University of Lubumbashi, he started out in comics before turning to photography. He has been interested for a few years in architecture as a trace, producing reports on the cultural, industrial and architectural heritage of his region, Katanga. Revealed in 2007 during the 7th African Photography Meetings, he received the Africa Creation Prize and the Image Prize. In 2009, he won the Prince Claus Prize from the Foundation of the same name for culture and development for his work “Memory”. The underlying theme in Baloji’s work is the industrial and cultural heritage of his home region of Katanga. He is particularly fascinated by the notion of memory and the remnants of colonization.