Born and raised in Madagascar, Miora Rajaonary is a photographic artist currently working and living between Mauritius and her native island. Having simultaneously become a mother and photographer, she credits her son and motherhood as her main sources of inspiration. Using photography to examine herself and the world, she strives to find answers to a wide range of questions from her own identity and cultural heritage to humans’ future on the planet.
Rajaonary is a Magnum Foundation Fellow, one of four winners of the inaugural Getty Images + Array Grant, the winner of the Juror’s Choice of the 2019 edition of THE FENCE, and a First Prize recipient in the Addis Foto Fest 2018 Portfolio Review. Her work was exhibited at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, the PhotoVogue Festival in Milan, the Arles Off Festival, The Fence, MOCADA in Brooklyn, Pen&Brush, Fondation H, Stanford University, Addis Foto Fest, and the Alliance Française Network of Southern Africa.
SAHY RANO features portraits of eight Malagasy women impacted by female genital schistosomiasis. By bringing their faces to the forefront, this series seeks to challenge taboos, confront neglect, and break the silence surrounding women’s reproductive health.
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LAMBA is an ongoing photography project by Miora Rajaonary intended to show how the lamba, a traditional Malagasy garment, serves as a symbol of the island’s cultural heritage, pride, and a form of empowerment for Malagasy people.
Eight women photographers from The Everyday Projects discuss their group project published in National Geographic about the impact of migration on women worldwide, touching on themes such as working in collaboration, photographing your own community, and uncovering the nuance of issues often stereotyped in the media.
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