... was born in 1954 and lives and works in Fianarantsoa, the second largest city on the island of Madagascar. His outstanding photo reportages have earned the following acknowledgments:2000: Honorary Mention-International Photographic Competition on the Environment 1999-2000 (UNEP) Tokyo (Japan)

1997: Médaille d'or aux IIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie, Antananarivo (Madagascar)

1995: Lauréat du concours Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary photography (San Francisco).