This is Stephen
Scourfields world: Delhi in the rain, paddling in the Yukon, lotus weaving in
Burma, a lions roar in the Masai Mara, family meals in Italy, whale sharks on
the Ningaloo Reef. Stephen Scourfield, author, travel editor and photographer,
has travelled extensively throughout the world. The relationship of humans to
landscape has become a central writing theme for this winner of a UN Media
Award. In Beautiful Witness he blends the stories of his
assignments as travel editor ofThe West Australian newspaper
with his own personal journey. He takes us across a dizzying number of
terrains, describing cultural norms and ceremonies with the sharp eye of the
novelist, always with curiosity and empathy. As a gifted photographer, he then
offers a glimpse of places, people and moments from the book on the enclosed
disk.
