Visions of Rwanda Photo Project

Jean-Marie Vianney Hitimana
Photo by Linda Smith

Jean-Marie Vianney Hitimana is a repentant participant of the 1994 genocide. He was recently released from Gitarama prison after serving thirteen years for destroying the store of Annociata’s father. Jean-Marie has paid Annociata back for the damage he did to her father’s store. They are neighbors.
Jean-Marie Vianney Hitimana Jean-Marie photographs his shadow. Children walk over a bridge. Jean-Marie photographed several bridges because it reminded him of how innocent people were thrown into the Nyabarongo River during the genocide. Annociata’s father was killed this way. A little boy climbs up a tree. Some children play outside together.
A portrait of an older man smoking a pipe after spending the day working in the fields. Traditional Rwandan celebratory drinks. The sun sets in Rwanda. Children play under a bridge. People stand on top of a bridge.
A young boy looks for fish in the river. Two men canoe down the river. A boy sits on top of a boat filled with sugarcane. A young child looks into a window from outside. Two little children play with each other.
A portrait of a little boy. Children look into a window. A little boy climbs up a tree. A woman walks with a baby on her back. An older woman walks along the road.
Men ride on a truck.