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Photographs of
Kenya, Africa 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
This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. The moral right of the author has been asserted.
Copyright © Stephen Scourfield 2013
Dawn in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
The city skyline of Nairobi. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Shifting wood on a bicycle near Nairobi. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Esther Wambura in the spinning room. Nanyuki Spinners and Weavers. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Lucy Wanjiru shows the mould from a cactus which is used as a dying colour by Nanyuki Spinners and Weavers. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Desert Acacia and Masai Mara landscape. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A hippopotamus in a mud wallow in the Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
African elephants on the grass plains of the Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Lunch with a safari group under an acacia tree in the Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
An African elephant with young in the Masai Mara grasslands. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A line of zebras. Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Topi against the broad landscape of the Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A lone lion male lion. Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Honeymoon lion couple. Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A feisty lone elephant. Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Female cheetah. Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Hippos in the Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
One of seven lion cubs in a “nursery”. Their two or three mothers would have been away hunting. Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Leopard in a tree asleep with the kill, a reed buck. Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Cheetah. Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Women dancing. The Masai village of Kolong, just outside the Masai Mara National Park. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A woman in the Masai village of Kolong. Masai Mara. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Dan Silantoi in the Masai village of Kolong. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Young Masai men dancing in Kenya. Picture: Stephen Scourfield