We are thrilled to be chosen for The Photoville FENCE, 2020, with our on-going series, ‘Gambia – victims and resisters’ – a multimedia body of work that began back in 2016. With the blessing of those we have photographed and filmed, our intention has always been to share the very personal and traumatic stories far and wide. We thank the FENCE jurors, and the Photoville team, for helping us to do this.
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Friday Photo: The Mosque, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
The Mosque, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana. Image © Jason Florio Current Location: AUGUST 2020 – Malta Assignment queries, and image licensing – Contact here floriophoto.com Motion Instagram @jasonfloriorio @floriophotos / @jasonflorio_photoprints floriophotoNYC – Twitter Jason Florio Photojournalist– FB Fine Art Prints helenjonesflorio.com – Gallery
Press: El Pais – ‘Tribal Royalty’. Portraits of Gambian Chiefs and Elders by Jason Florio
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
#TBT: Moto-Taxi boys – Labé’s got style, Guinea-Conakry, West Africa
December 2012: ‘Labé, the capital of the Fouta Djallon, Guinea-Conakry, is motorcycle city. The streets are overrun with thousands of cheap Chinese-manufactured bikes and ‘moto- taxis’ are the way to travel, carrying a minimum of 2-3 passengers. As we walked around the town, we constantly darted out of the way as a ‘moto’ zoomed towardsContinue reading “#TBT: Moto-Taxi boys – Labé’s got style, Guinea-Conakry, West Africa”