Photos by Philippe Nyirimihigo

Before moving back to his native country of Rwanda, Philippe was based in Toronto, Canada as a freelance photographer where he had spent 10 years studying and working. Having had his work featured in local magazines, covering many fashion shows and working with a few renowned photographers in Toronto’s high-end fashion industry, Philippe decided to relocate to Rwanda to rediscover his country and his continent and to contribute to an ever-growing creative industry.

As Co-Founder of and Director, Visual Content for Illume Creative Studio, Philippe has taken the role of expanding 
the video and photography aspect of the business while pushing the art of photography to new levels. His work has taken him around Rwanda, Ghana, France, Sweden to name a few and thus provided 
him with the opportunity to visually translate projects into content.

Philippe’s first publication, 'This is Rwanda’ , co-authored with Gael Ruboneka Vande whege is only the beginning of what he hopes is a lifelong journey of discovering and rediscovering Africa and having the world fall in love with the continent through his photography.

philippe.nyirimihigo@gmail.com