title: Rija Randrianasolo
text: # Rija Randrianasolo
  
  Rija Randrianasolo (born 1973), known as Rijasolo, is a photojournalist based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. He won a World Press Photo Award for Africa 2022 in the long-term category, and Paritana Contemporary Art Award in 2019.
  
  ## Life and work
  
  Randrianasolo was born in France and is currently based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. He was a reporter-photographer during the French presidential campaign in 2007 for Wostok Press agency. He was awarded a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Leica 35 mm Wide Angle contest, Leica Camera, 2010
  * Paritana Contemporary Art Award, 2019
  * World Press Photo Award for Africa, Long-Term Category, 2022
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Madagascar, nocturnes. No Comment, 2013. ISBN 979-1090721067.
  