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Friday Photo: Night hawkers on the border of Senegal and Gambia, West Africa © Jason Florio

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Remembering James – Happy Birthday!

We still miss you, James (1939-Sept 28th, 2011). We’ll raise a Julebrew, or two, in celebration.

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Friday Photo: Dusk over Kunta Kinteh Island, on the River Gambia, West Africa

Photographer, Jason Florio, walking down the jetty at Kunta Kinteh Island (formally James Island), in the middle of the River Gambia, near to the towns of Jeffureh and Albread, The Gambia, West Africa. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the island was once served as one of the major ports on the Trans-Atlantic slave tradeContinue reading “Friday Photo: Dusk over Kunta Kinteh Island, on the River Gambia, West Africa”

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Documentary photographer, Jason Florio, talks about ‘Silafando’ – portraits of Gambian village chiefs

Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation – Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY – interview with Jason Florio about his exhibition of award-winning portraits of Gambian village chiefs and elders – ‘Silafando’ – taken whilst on ‘A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush – a 930km African odyssey‘, West Africa, with Helen Jones-Florio. ‘Silafando’ The Gambia ©Continue reading “Documentary photographer, Jason Florio, talks about ‘Silafando’ – portraits of Gambian village chiefs”