The Photography Museum of Madagascar is revisiting the beginnings of photography on the island with an exhibition dedicated to the first images captured there. Starting October 3, the Photography Museum of Madagascar in Anjohy will present "Origins. The Beginnings of Photography in Madagascar," focusing on the period 1853-1890. The exhibition offers new perspectives on the earliest photographic archives, examining what the images reveal and what they conceal. It notably explores the first reactions of Malagasy people to this new technology: incomprehension, mistrust, and enthusiasm. The exhibition also recalls that in 1826, a portrait on canvas of Radama I was completed, the same year Nicéphore Niépce created what is considered the first photograph in history in France. After foreign access to Madagascar was restricted in 1828, the island remained central to European interests. Evangelists, merchants, and explorers sought to approach the kingdom and its court. It was in this context that photography arrived in Madagascar in 1853, carrying diplomatic, political, religious, and economic stakes. "Origins" will follow "Exiled," an exhibition dedicated to Malagasy princesses forced into exile during the French conquest, including Ranavalona III, the last queen of Madagascar. With this new exhibition, the Museum continues its work of preserving photographic archives and transmitting the country's history.