Katembo's short films, photography and other projects focused on the daily lives of the people of Kinshasa, as well as the economic and social challenges facing the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
I want each image to tell of the children born here who have to grow up surrounded by pools of water, and of the families who survive while others leave to live in exile.
"[1] In a 2015 interview with Jenny Stevens of The Guardian, Katembo also explained that the Congolese, including Kinshasaians, don't usually like having the picture taken, noting that a photographer usually has to ask permission.
"[2] Katembo's work has been featured at Bamako Encounters, the Royal Museum for Central Africa, the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, and the TAZ in Ostend, Belgium.
Under Katembo, Mutotu Productions produced Atalaku, directed by Dieudo Hamadi, which won best documentary film at the Centre Georges Pompidou's Cinema du Reel festival in 2013.
He was assistant director on the 2010 Congolese crime thriller, Viva Riva!, which was directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga.