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Madagascar week on Instagram

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A lemur photographed in Ranomafana National Park

Earlier this week I found some pictures from Madagascar I haven´t published yet. These are photographs from my archive, during a trip in October 2008. Some years ago, but I will publish a few of them on Instagram the following days.


Madagascar was my first experience with Africa, and during the week on this beatiful island I met a lot of nice peaople, exciting nature, lemurs and rain forest. But also the countryside, poverty and drought. In north of Madagascar it´s more green and luxuriant than south.

Curious about Madagascar? For Norwegian readers I can reccommend Øyvind Sæthre and Travelmate, or Lemurtur which is their trademark for Madagascar trips.

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It is pretty easy to get to Madagascar. From Northern Europe KLM/Air France is the easiest way. I travelled from Norway through Amsterdam and Paris, and arrived in the capital Antananarivo. We then drove by car through Antsirabe, Ranomafana National Park, we visited Fianarantsoa and then a long trip to Toliara.

Roadtrip south of Madagascar.

larsidar

My name is Lars Idar Waage, a Norwegian photographer, storyteller, and traveler based on the west coast of Norway. For more than 25 years, I have worked with photography — most of them within media and documentary storytelling. Through Norwegian Traveller, I share stories from the road, visual essays, cultural reflections, and encounters with people and places that often exist outside the typical tourist path. Over the last decade, much of my work has focused on documenting Norwegian-American communities in the American Midwest, exploring themes of identity, migration, heritage, faith, and belonging. This long-term project has taken me from small prairie towns in Illinois and Minnesota to exhibitions in Norway and the United States. I am drawn to authentic places, quiet moments, forgotten stories, and the people who keep traditions alive. Whether traveling through rural America, coastal Norway, or somewhere in between, my goal is always the same: to tell honest human stories through words and photography. Norwegian Traveller is both a travel journal and a visual storytelling project — a place where documentary photography meets personal reflection. Welcome along for the journey.