Photos by Nicola Angelo Mangia
Poverty or Simplicity? Nicola Angelo Mangia Subverts the Way We Look at Africa
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Of all photographs we’ve featured so far, Nicola Angelo Mangia‘s are among our favorite. His portrait of Africa not as a poor, desperate land, but one where poverty is in fact a simple, sustainable lifestyle that could make us much happier than what our modern lifestyle ever will, is refreshing.
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