A big thank you to Anna Wedin, who came to review the opening of our ‘Silafando‘ exhibition, at Gaya Art Café, Gambia, a couple of weeks ago, for Afrope.se – Jason Florio’s award-winning portraits of Gambian village chiefs (‘alkalos’) and elders were taken whilst we were on ‘A Short Walk in the Gambian BushContinue reading “Press: Review of exhibition opening – ‘Silafando’ – portraits of village chiefs by Jason Florio, The Gambia, West Africa”
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Press: Kids jumping into ‘exploding’ Lake Kivu, Uganda – image by Jason Florio
A recent assignment took Florio to Uganda, and the border of DR Congo, to photograph, and film, a fascinating story with writer, Jon W. Rosen, for M.I.T. (Massachusett Institute of Technology)/Technology Review magazine. The piece is about Uganda’s ‘exploding lake (Kivu)’ – read Jon’s full article here, accompanied by Florio’s photographs andContinue reading “Press: Kids jumping into ‘exploding’ Lake Kivu, Uganda – image by Jason Florio”
Photo shoot location – Watch out for the crocodiles! The Gambia, West Africa
Kachikally Sacred Crocodile Pool is certainly an interesting place to shoot – you just need to watch your step, constantly. Thanks to Musa, our fixer (a person who is hired as a guide, due to their local knowledge of any given area, to help facilitate assignments) and caretaker of the pool, Jason and IContinue reading “Photo shoot location – Watch out for the crocodiles! The Gambia, West Africa”
NGO, Concern Universal: Ebola, hygiene, and hand washing – image by Jason Florio
To view more of Jason Florio’s images, for CU, in West Africa, please visit their website. Related posts: ‘Off to work we go… Ebola-free Gambia, for Concern Universal‘ ‘The Gambia, West Africa, paying the price for being Ebola-Free‘ ‘Hello…my name is Alieu…Tippy Tap hand-washing hygiene in The Gambia‘
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