Where there is a will…on a recent assignment in Ghana, we came across these innovative young boys playing football with a gourd.
Image © Jason Florio
Happy New Year from #ebolafree Gambia! A Year in the life of a photographer and producer team
Traditional masquerades – ‘Fairies’ – Banjul, The Gambia. Image © Jason Florio (personal multi media project with Helen Jones-Florio)
Village Banking, Ghana, West Africa – Image © Jason Florio for Concern Universal, NGO
Ebola sensitization in The Gambia, West Africa – Image © Jason Florio for Concern Universal, NGO
Multi-media: Togolese artist, Amigoe – Image © Jason Florio (personal multi-media project with Helen Jones-Florio) – Vimeo – ‘I am Amigoe, artist-painter’
BBC Africa News – Image © Helen Jones-Florio – 12/30/2014
Updated ‘A Year in the Life of…’: 12/31/14
Thankfully, all is now quiet on the ‘Smiling Coast‘ of The Gambia, after yesterdays ‘attempted coup’.
It’s now been a little over a year since we packed our bags and left behind our much loved apartment, in Greenwich Village, to temporarily decamp the all too comfortable familiarities of our cosmopolitan New York City…
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PRESS: THE QUAD SQUAD (BIKING) IN GAMBIA – ARIK AIR ‘WINGS’ MAGAZINE
It’s great to see our feature in the recent Arik Air ‘Wings’ inflight magazine, about quad biking in The Gambia, West Africa – courtesy of West African Power Sports. We had such a great time on the quad bikes and in the buggy. You can read all about – including me stacking my quad into the bush! – in the on-line magazine here (pages 66-75).
If you are in The Gambia – or planning a visit – and still in a quandary as to what to get your partner, best friend, kids, for Christmas, then look no further than West African Power Sports. It’s a tremedously, exhilarating experience. Be prepared to get very dusty and very dirty though!
Happy Holidays! The Florios – Helen & Jason
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