New York Film Academy (NYFA) welcomed Photojournalist & Filmmaker Jason Florio for a special guest lecture and Q&A as part of NYFA’s Photo Guest Speaker Series.
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Afghan Notes: Jason Florio, August 2000
Afghan Notes – Jason Florio, August 2000: The Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us on arrival to Kabul that we could take pictures of anything as long as it’s not a living being – all images of humans and animals had been outlawed by them. Later that day we headed into an area of Kabul, home to the Hazara ethnic group, who were particularly persecuted by the Taliban…
9/11 – 17 years on. Images ©Jason Florio
“17 years ago I went to Afghanistan to document a war – all was quiet. A week after returning home to NYC, the war came to me…” © Jason Florio See more images from Jason Florio’s 9/11/2001 series on his blog & website.
Photos Tell Stories – an anthology, Part 1 – photographs by Jason Florio
In November, 2013, before we headed down to The Gambia, West Africa, to present our first ‘Photos Tell Stories‘ photography workshops, Jason was invited to exhibit his award winning portraits of village chiefs, ‘Silafando‘ – taken whilst on our ‘Short Walk in the Gambian Bush –930km African odyssey‘ – at the Athens Photo Festival (APhf:15), Greece,Continue reading “Photos Tell Stories – an anthology, Part 1 – photographs by Jason Florio”
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