Josephine, a cello player, practices alone in 2010 in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, one of the largest, noisiest and most dysfunctional cities on Earth.
She is a member of the Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste, the world’s only all-black orchestra. The orchestra members, all very poor, started out playing homemade instruments.
Josephine, who gets up at 4:30 every morning, sells omelettes at the market each day to make a living.
Photo by Andrew Mcconnell