Exhibiting for the first time, portraits from the on-going series, ‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime‘ taken over the past two years in The Gambia, and Senegal
We are delighted to be part of this group show and it’s truly an honour to be able to have the opening, in The Gambia, at the Gambia Centre for Victims of Human Rights Violations, who we have been collaborating with over the last few months.
Invite image © Jason Florio – Sarjo Manneh, holding photos of his son, well-known journalist, Chief Ibrima Manneh shaking hands with President of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh. Chief was later abducted by state security forces and, according to informants, subsequently murdered on Jammeh’s instructions after he wrote an article about term limits for the Gambian presidency. His body has, to this day, never been found.
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I believe in the power of photos to create change and also give a voice to a person or community!Jeanny Tsai,photographer – supporter of GoFundMe/Gambia-Victims and Resisters
#Portraits4PositiveChange
24-year-old, Amie, a kindergarten teacher was part of a peaceful protest in 2016 when she was picked up by members of the former Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh’s, security forces. She was held incommunicado for 10 days at one of their detention sites. She was subjected to beatings with steel pipes and regularly doused in freezing water. One of her fellow protestors was subjected not only to the beatings but to gang rape by three masked police officers. See more on my website floriophoto.com
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We are indebted to all the subjects who have invited us into their homes, their lives, so far, and shared their harrowing stories with us – none of this would be happening without you. Huge thanks to all the team at the Victims Centre, and the Goerte Institute for their support of the exhibition.
And, last but not least, everyone who has supported our GoFundMe campaign, your support and words of encouragement, over these last few months, has been incredible. Because of you, we are able to be in the Gambia today, to carry on building this body of work.
The exhibition is open to all – if you are in the Gambia, please come along!
Helen Jones-Florio & Jason Florio
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