Iako Randrianarivelo was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar. He obtained a Master’s degree in Marketing from a Private University in the capital. He started photography in 2015 as a self-taught photographer. Workshops, photo clubs and some advice from great photographers of Madagascar helped him to enter the world of photography.
He is currently a freelance photographer and has founded an online magazine that tells Malagasy human stories. His last report was on the state of Covid-19 in Toamasina, the epicenter of the coronavirus since the end of May 2020.