The project visually traces the full supply chain of cobalt and copper extraction — from the mines of Katanga and the Zambian Copperbelt, westward along the Benguela railway corridor to the port of Lobito, and onward through the processing and manufacturing nodes in Asia and Europe where the value generated by African extraction accumulates. The project’s central focus is economic rather than humanitarian: I am interested in the financial geography of extraction — the infrastructure, commercial districts, logistics networks, and capital flows that shape cities like Lubumbashi and Kolwezi — and in making visible the gap between where minerals are extracted and where the wealth they generate concentrates.
I am currently enrolled at the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg and am a PhD candidate at York University in Toronto (ABD).
This project is currently in development, with field work beginning in Zambia and the DRC in April and May 2026.