{"id":36691,"date":"2018-01-04T13:14:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T13:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/photographers-capturing-rwanda-s-stunning\/"},"modified":"2018-01-06T16:50:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T16:50:10","slug":"photographers-capturing-rwanda-s-stunning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/photographers-capturing-rwanda-s-stunning\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographers capturing Rwanda\u2019s stunning landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phillipe Nyirimihigo and Ga\u00ebl R. Vande Weghetwo of Rwanda\u2019s most celebrated photographers have documented this breathtaking scenery in a book titled \u201cThis is Rwanda\u201d, to be publicly released in 2018. <\/p>\n<p>Although photography rarely captures the multifaceted essence of Rwanda, Nyirimihigo and Vande weghe have managed to do just that. Their book creatively highlights the country\u2019s beauty through aerial photography, sharing 145 photographs from their helicopter trips across Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>Nyirimihigo and Vande weghe, as two of the co-founders of the Kigali-based communications agency Illume Creative Studio, have been working on this new book together since 2013. Through challenging weather conditions, including rain and haze, they have flown thousands of miles in partnership with Rwandan helicopter company Akagera Aviation.<\/p>\n<p>Their powerful work, as featured below, will likely become known as an important and insightful collection of photographs documenting Rwanda today.<\/p>\n<p>Noting Rwanda\u2019s size and the often simplistic international coverage, Vande weghe said \u201cIt\u2019s so small [that] a tiny helicopter allows for full country coverage in a [short] trip. However, the country is so diverse, from urban landscapes, dry savannas, mountain rainforests, high altitude volcanoes, and a multitude of lakes, that one book would not actually be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nyirimihigo and Vande weghe hope this book will be the first in a series and work as a story telling project to highlight Rwanda\u2019s magnificence.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the images in the book have never before been publicly shared, adding to the excitement of the impending release. \u201cWe just wanted to do Rwanda justice,\u201d commented Vande Weghe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23620 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/cultr.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23621 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/clt.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23622 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/cltrua.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23623 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xa.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23624 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xb-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23625 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xc-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23626 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xd.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23627 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xe.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23628 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/xc.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23629 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xf.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23630 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xg.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23631 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xh.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23632 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xi.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23633 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xj.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23634 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/xk.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Source: Theculturetrip.com}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda\u2019s lush green landscape is the stuff of myths. In the past few years, the country has gained international attention as a must-visit travel destination for its impressive animals, striking volcanoes and diverse terrain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[2885],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-theculturetrip"],"bylines":[{"id":2885,"name":"Theculturetrip","slug":"theculturetrip","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2885,"name":"Theculturetrip","slug":"theculturetrip","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36691"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36691"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}