El Pais – Portraits of Gambian village chiefs, and elders ©Jason Florio. The formal portraits were taken whilst on the first fully documented circumnavigation, entirely by foot, of the small West African country (930km), in 2009, with Helen Jones-Florio
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On this day-February 18th, 2017 – New President Adama Barrow’s Inauguration Day on Gambian Soil
An incredible day in the history of The Gambia, West Africa – February 18th, 2017. A rapturous welcome, and a time of hope – after the 22-year dictatorial rule of Yayha Jammeh – as tens of thousands of Gambians, welcome home their new president, Adama Barrow who, when the ousted Jammeh refused to step down, forContinue reading “On this day-February 18th, 2017 – New President Adama Barrow’s Inauguration Day on Gambian Soil”
Photo of the Day – ‘The Hunting’ traditional masquerades, The Gambia © Jason Florio
Aside from the more serious element to our work – particularly, what we are working on at the moment, ‘Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime‘ #Portraits4PositiveChange – we have also been working on another long-term series of the traditional masquerades of The Gambia. Although the Gambia is a predominantly Muslim country, the animist-fuelled masquerade ceremoniesContinue reading “Photo of the Day – ‘The Hunting’ traditional masquerades, The Gambia © Jason Florio”
Stormy Mediterranean Sea – Malta
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