Madagascar photographs by Stephen Scourfield

Photographs of
Madagascar
by Stephen Scourfield
to accompany his book
Beautiful Witness
‘These photographs aim to give the reader a taste of the
places and a glimpse of some of the people in Beautiful Witness.
I was a child who wanted to be a writer, and who later trained also as a
photographer, and then went out and discovered
a most remarkable planet.’
Stephen Scourfield
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by any process without written permission. The moral right of the author has been asserted.
Copyright © Stephen Scourfield 2013
Up in the middle level of town (it is on three levels). Antananarivo city scenes.
Picture: Stephen Scourfield
People outside their home in Ihosy. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A band called Zamba. Jean Baptiste Andriafaraimanana (first name Jean Baptiste)
playing valiha, a traditional instrument made from bamboo, and Jean Donnee
Ramananerisoa playing harmonium and percussion.
Picture: Stephen Scourfield
People gather at a Turning of the Bones ceremony, near Antsirabe, Madagascar.
Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Witch doctor Jean Baptiste Ramdrrianarison at the Turning of the Bones ceremony.
Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Bringing a body from the tomb, to be danced with and rewrapped at the Turning of
the Bones. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Children with a row of wrapped human remains at the Turning of the Bones.
Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Ravao Razaisoa who is 121, in Andasibe village.
Picture: Stephen Scourfield
People heading towards the weekly zebu market in Ambalavao. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
The busy little town of Ambalavao. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Weekly market in Ambalavao between Ranomafana and Isalo. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
The market in Ambalavao. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
People waiting in the rain in Ranomafana. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Le Jardin du Roy, at Relais da la Reine, a hotel near Isalo. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Blue legged chameleon, Ranomafana National Park. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Ring tailed lemurs. Anja National Park, between Ihosy and Isalo. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Golden sifakas. Lemur Island, at Vakona Forest Lodge, Andasibe. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Indri. Mantadia National Park, Andasibe. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Indri. Mantadia National Park, Andasibe. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Baobabs in Reniala, Forest of the Baobabs park, near Ifaty. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Sandstone formations near Isalo. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Heading to the weekly zebu market in Ambalavao. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
At the weekly zebu market in Ambalavao. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
The zebu market in Ambalavao. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Men at the weekly zebu market in Ambalavao. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Local fishing craft at Mangily fishing village, near Ifaty. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Children on the beach at Mangily fishing village. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A sail flies at Mangily fishing village, near Ifaty. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A sail made of cotton and old flour bags. Mangily village. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Mangily village, near Ifaty. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
People and craft at Mangily. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A local sails towards Mangily fishing village, near Ifaty. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Boys pull in fishing nets off Mangily. Picture: Stephen Scourfield