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Oyster Women of The Gambia selected for the @rgs_ibg ‘Earth Photo 2025’ Image by Jason Florio

Editors Picks': Favourite travel photography, 2021 - National Geographic Traveller 'The Gambia': Women checking their oyster harvest on a tributary of the River Gambia, The Gambia, West Africa. Images ©Jason Florio

I am honoured to have one of my images from my work with the intrepid Oyster Women of The Gambia selected for the @rgs_ibg ‘Earth Photo 2025’ prize and exhibition. Earth Photo is a world-leading international programme, established in 2018. The programme engages with still and moving image makers, across all genres. Earth Photo addresses prescient issuesContinue reading “Oyster Women of The Gambia selected for the @rgs_ibg ‘Earth Photo 2025’ Image by Jason Florio”

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Crossing Waters, Crossing Lives: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Jason Florio’s Work – Street.Macadam

Press: The Guardian - images © Jason Florio 'Destination Europe' Magnum Photography Awards 2017 - Photojournalism Winner

Written by: Ana Cichowicz – Street Macadam Crossing Waters, Crossing Lives: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Jason Florio’s Work Jason Florio is a renowned British photojournalist whose work intertwines visual documentation with reflections on social complexities, particularly in non-Western regions. Born in London, Jason began his career in fashion photography in the United States. However,Continue reading “Crossing Waters, Crossing Lives: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Jason Florio’s Work – Street.Macadam”

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‘What the US can learn from Gambia about defeating petty tyrants’ – Waging Non-Violence

President Adama Barrow returns to The Gambia, after exile in Senegal - an estimated 100,000 people lined the main roads, to welcome him home © Jason Florio

“A Gambian organizer who helped bring an end to Jammeh’s 22-year rule explains the importance of agreeing on a common purpose and demystifying despots.” Phil Wilmot for wagingnonviolence.org Images © Jason Florio from the series ‘Gambia Has Decided’ For assignment queries – Contact photography prints, and image licensing

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‘Abdou with Rescued Crocodile’ – Fine Art Photography Prints by Jason Florio

Jason Florio’s black and white portraits of the people who live in and around a sacred forest in West Africa, 1998-2009, available to purchase @jasonflorio_photoprints. Printed on museum grade fine art paper. For more information – prices, sizes, editions, shipping – please visit Florio’s Instagram page. To see more of his documentary work around the world,Continue reading “‘Abdou with Rescued Crocodile’ – Fine Art Photography Prints by Jason Florio”