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Gambia Doors – the series. Photography by Helen Jones-Florio

#GambiaDoors - a local shop, with a hand painted frontage, with a mural of a family sitting around the breakfast table, advertising 'Peak Milk', Bakau, The Gambia. Image ©Helen Jones-Florio

I have been working on this particular series – #GambiaDoors – for many years. The vividly coloured, unintentionally quirky doors and storefronts from the West African country of The Gambia, never fail to grab my attention. Helen Jones-Florio

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The Gambia: Storytelling Masterclass with Photographer & Filmmaker, Jason Florio, for the Creative Industries programme

The Gambia-ITC-Creative Industries. A group of photographers and filmmakers attending their first Masterclass with photographer and film maker, Jason Florio, May 2021. Image ©Helen Jones-Florio

The Gambia – Masterclasses, one-one mentoring, workshops, skills enhancement, assignments, and exhibitions with photographers and filmmakers, Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio for ITC/Andandorr Programme.

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CAP PRIZE 2021 SHORTLIST: ‘Gambia-victims, and resisters’ by Jason Florio/Helen Jones-Florio

CAP PRIZE 2021 SHORTLIST: ‘Gambia-victims, and resisters’ – Having worked and lived on and off in The Gambia since 1998, Helen Jones-Florio, my wife and collaborator, and I were personally aware of former President Yahya Jammeh’s control over society. It was not until Jammeh fled into exile in January 2017, after an astonishing election defeat, did the litany of violations under his regime start to come to light. The Gambia has been our second home and we felt it was our duty as documentarians to give face and voice to the victims, survivors, and their families. Despite hundreds of testimonies by both victims and perpetrators at the ongoing Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, many Jammeh loyalists are still in denial of the crimes, he and his cadre are now being accused of. Making it important to keep bringing the victims’ stories to public attention. Jason Florio – photographer & filmmaker

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Gambia Doors – Beauty Salons. Photography prints by Helen Jones-Florio

#GambiaDoors - the shop front of a local beauty salon in Serrekunda, The Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio

Gambia Doors – beauty salons of the The Gambia, West Africa. Photography prints by Helen Jones-Florio. I have a slight obsession with doors and storefronts. These images form part of a much wider collection of photographs of doors and storefronts from The Gambia, taken over many years of both living and working in the region. Regardless of where IContinue reading “Gambia Doors – Beauty Salons. Photography prints by Helen Jones-Florio”