Yo, dude! ‘Modou Taxi’ on his pink Schwinn bicycle. When I saw this bike, I had a sudden pang of nostalgia. I used to have the same make of bicycle when we lived in New York City. Except mine was purple, and called ‘Isabella’, and it had a Miss Marple-esque basket on the front. FollowContinue reading “Photo of the Day: ‘Modou Taxi’, The Gambia, West Africa”
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Friday Photo: The Mosque, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
The Mosque, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana. Image © Jason Florio Current Location: AUGUST 2020 – Malta Assignment queries, and image licensing – Contact here floriophoto.com Motion Instagram @jasonfloriorio @floriophotos / @jasonflorio_photoprints floriophotoNYC – Twitter Jason Florio Photojournalist– FB Fine Art Prints helenjonesflorio.com – Gallery
The powerful trans-women of Guyana. Portraits ©Jason Florio
A stroll into the recent archive took me back to Guyana 2018 and the powerful trans-women of Guyana. These stills were taken during the shooting of the documentary ‘A Blossom Pink World’ I directed and shot along with @zanededlow – an assignment for Frontline Aids, NGO, about the struggles and successes of the trans community in the Guyanese capital Georgetown. Jason FlorioContinue reading “The powerful trans-women of Guyana. Portraits ©Jason Florio”
#TBT: Moto-Taxi boys – Labé’s got style, Guinea-Conakry, West Africa
December 2012: ‘Labé, the capital of the Fouta Djallon, Guinea-Conakry, is motorcycle city. The streets are overrun with thousands of cheap Chinese-manufactured bikes and ‘moto- taxis’ are the way to travel, carrying a minimum of 2-3 passengers. As we walked around the town, we constantly darted out of the way as a ‘moto’ zoomed towardsContinue reading “#TBT: Moto-Taxi boys – Labé’s got style, Guinea-Conakry, West Africa”
