Bangui, Central African Republic — “In the summer of 2019, billboards were everywhere in CAR’s capital, indicating a new battle was underway despite the signing of a new peace deal. This battle, though, was for hearts and minds, fought between Russia and the West. In the city centre, these Russian and French posters were jostling for attention - frankly, it seemed so blatant, so desperate - and I was keen to get a shot of them, especially in the warm glow of the late afternoon light. Moscow’s posters carried the slogan, ‘CAR hand in hand with Russia’—written not in French, an official language from the colonial era, but in the vernacular, Sango”