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Press: Jason Florio’s best photograph – African migrants crammed into a boat off Libya

The Guardian: June 25th, 2015 Interview by: Louise Hunt ‘I was wearing a white protective suit and had my cameras; I looked like a spaceman. I shook their hands and tried to make eye contact, then I climbed on to the engine cover. This is maybe a quarter of those on board. It was onlyContinue reading “Press: Jason Florio’s best photograph – African migrants crammed into a boat off Libya”

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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”

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Press: The Voice newspaper, Gambia, features ‘Photos Tell Stories: photographs of The Gambia by Gambians’ exhibition

Many thanks to Nfamara Camera – a journalist from Gambia’s Voice newspaper – for coming along to the ‘Photos Tell Stories – photographs of The Gambia by Gambians‘ exhibition opening night on Friday 15th May, at Alliance Française. It’s great to have such positive national press coverage, to showcase our PTS’s workshops students photography.Continue reading “Press: The Voice newspaper, Gambia, features ‘Photos Tell Stories: photographs of The Gambia by Gambians’ exhibition”

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Press: Huffington Post – Julie Grahame/aCurator ‘2013’s Most Striking Fine Art Photography’

We are honored that Julie Grahame/aCurator included our ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey‘ in her 2013 choices for fine art photography, in yesterdays Huffington Post. To see more of Jason Florio’s images from our River Gambia journey, earlier this year, please check out floriophoto.com We will post more news soon about theContinue reading “Press: Huffington Post – Julie Grahame/aCurator ‘2013’s Most Striking Fine Art Photography’”