Photography as an art form transcends cultures, languages and history because of it’s ability to express the various emotions and circumstances of a captured moment.

In his collection, “Avenue Patrice Lumumba,” South African photographer Guy Tillim brings to surface the the clash of life’s modernization and the strong roots harbored from the past of Africa’s many countries.

Touching on themes of political suppression and conflicting ideologies, Tillim captures the unique and quite surreal settings of Mozambique, Angola and The Democratic Republic of Congo.

Typists, Likasi, Democratic Republic of Congo (2007)

Apartment building, Luanda, Angola (2007)

City Hall offices, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (2007)

Library, sports club, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo (2007)

Avenue Bagamoyo Beira, Mozambique (2008)

– Juan Frausto

(Photo credit: Guy Tillim)