Beautiful Witness

Download or read book Beautiful Witness written by Stephen Scourfield and published by University of Western Australia Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is StephenScourfield's world: Delhi in the rain, paddling in the Yukon, lotus weaving inBurma, a lion's roar in the Masai Mara, family meals in Italy, whale sharks onthe Ningaloo Reef. Stephen Scourfield, author, travel editor and photographer,has travelled extensively throughout the world. The relationship of humans tolandscape has become a central writing theme for this winner of a UN MediaAward. In Beautiful Witness he blends the stories of hisassignments as travel editor ofThe West Australian newspaperwith his own personal journey. He takes us across a dizzying number ofterrains, describing cultural norms and ceremonies with the sharp eye of thenovelist, always with curiosity and empathy. As a gifted photographer, he thenoffers a glimpse of places, people and moments from the book on the encloseddisk.