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Protected: Al Jazeera America – ‘Danger at Sea’ interview with photojournalist, Jason Florio

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Hard Copy: VQR – Portraits and boat rescues from the Mediterranean Sea – Images by Jason Florio

Part of the power of these portraits lies in context, in learning who the migrants are, and how, amid such wretched circumstances, a democratic mix of citizens emerges—a melting pot of nationalities and ethnicities, of classes and educations. “It was surreal to see these women in their delicate scarves and fancy handbags,” Florio recalls.Continue reading “Hard Copy: VQR – Portraits and boat rescues from the Mediterranean Sea – Images by Jason Florio”

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“I am Amigoe Dieudonné – Artist Painter” West Africa

The above short video portrait of Amigoe was shot in The Gambia. He has travelled for over fifteen years around West Africa in his wheelchair, which is by no means an easy feat – as Florio and I witnessed for ourselves, whilst following him around, filming, in Gambia – especially when he only hasContinue reading ““I am Amigoe Dieudonné – Artist Painter” West Africa”

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On-line hangout – ‘The Great Exodus: A Look at How the Migrant Crisis is Being Pictured in the Media’

‘The Reading The Pictures Salon is an on-line, real-time discussion between photojournalists, visual academics and other visual or subject experts… .’ Read more, and register for the hangout (Sunday 10th January 2015 – 11am-1pm EST/4pm-6pm GMT), on the RTP’s salon website. The panel: ‪MichelleBogre‬ The New School Parsons; ‪‎AnneDemo‬ Penn State University; ‪AlixandraFazzina‬Photographer, NOOR; JasonContinue reading “On-line hangout – ‘The Great Exodus: A Look at How the Migrant Crisis is Being Pictured in the Media’”