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Media: Movable Beast – rhino relocation, Dodho Magazine

January 31, 2019documentary, Jason Florio, travelAfrica, media, Smithsonian, south africajason florio Leave a comment

Rhino relocation, South Africa ‘Movable Beast’ – Dodho Magazine. Images © Jason Florio

Rhino relocation, South Africa – ‘I rode along on the first convoy operated by Rhinos Without Borders from Free State, South Africa, to the Okavango Delta – a 1500km journey with 15 rhinos– this was the largest transportation of rhinos ever attempted. The rhinos were owned by a Free State farmer whose farm had come under attack by poachers on a number of occasions. He decided that it was safer for the his family and the rhinos to have them relocated by Rhinos Without Borders to Botswana…’ words/images ©Jason Florio / Dodho Magazine.

Rhino Relocation South Africa

Rhino relocation, South Africa ‘Movable Beast’ – Dodho Magazine. Images © Jason Florio

The original – full – feature is available to view on Jason Florio’s website, from the 1500km journey, in September 2017, whilst on assignment for Smithsonian Magazine, with the writer, Todd Pitock.

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2019 – Currently working on

‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime‘

#Portraits4PositiveChange

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20 years of documentary photography by Jason Florio, The Gambia, West Africa

January 22, 2019photography, photojournalism, travelAmnesty International, Gambia Has Decided, human rights, New Gambia, NGO, portraits, President Adama Barrow, vimeo, West Africa, youtubejason florio Leave a comment

Gambia Jason Florio documentary photography - Mile 2 Prison, Yahya Jammeh, portraits of victims of Jammeh, mages © Jason Florio, The Gambia, West Africa

Instagram – a montage of images © Jason Florio, The Gambia, West Africa

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The Gambia Jason Florio documentary photography – all rights reserved. Spanning over twenty years of documentary photography and multimedia, in the small West African country. For image licensing, please contact here. All images, from assignments around the globe, floriophoto.com.

Exclusive images from inside the notorious Mile 2 Prison, the Gambia

‘My 5-Star hotel’ as the prison was called by the defeated former Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, whose autocratic rule lasted for 22 years.

A prisoner shouts from the window of his cell, Mile 2 Prison, The Gambia, West Africa ©Jason Florio

Gambia Jason Florio documentary photography

A prisoner shouts from the window of his cell, Mile 2 Prison, The Gambia, West Africa Images ©Jason Florio

A prisoner shouts from the window of his cell, Mile 2 Prison, The Gambia, West Africa ©Jason Florio

‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime’

#Portraits4PositiveChange

Gambia Victims and Resisters of a Regime – Portraits4PositiveChange ©Jason Florio, the Gambia

Gambia Jason Florio documentary photography

Currently working on a long-term portrait series ‘Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime‘, with Helen Jones-Florio.

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Jason Florio with Yusupha Mbye – making #Portraits4PositiveChange, the Gambia – image © Helen Jones-Florio.

20 years of documentary photography

by Jason Florio, in The Gambia

#GambiaHasDecided

President-elect, Adama Barrow, of The Gambia poses for a portrait at Kairaba Hotel, Senegambia ©Jason Florio

President-elect, Adama Barrow, of The Gambia, Jan 2017 ©Jason Florio.

Masses celebrate the inauguration of President Adama Barrow, after the 22-year dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh ©Jason Florio.

Ex-President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, Roots Homecoming Festival © Jason Florio

Ex-President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, 2014, Roots Homecoming Festival © Jason Florio/Getty Images.

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‘We never Gave up – Stories of Courage in Gambia’

#GambiaHasDecided- still from ‘We never Gave up – Stories of Courage in Gambia’ / Vimeo.

River Gambia Expedition

20 years of documentary photography

by Jason Florio, in The Gambia

‘Makasutu’

'Abdou with Rescued Crocodile' fine art prints © Jason Florio

‘Abdou with Rescued Crocodile’ fine art photography prints © Jason Florio

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Jason Florio filming a victim of the Jammeh regime © Helen Jones-Florio.

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Header Montage:

Row #1 – 21/01/2017 supporters of the defeated President, Yahya Jammeh, at Banjul International Airport, congregate to watch the departure of Jammeh for exile in Equatorial Guinea, after 22- years of autocratic rule.

Row #2 – 03/2017 Inside the notorious Mile 2 Prison, The Gambia

Row #3 – 2016-ongoing – portraits of the victims and resisters of the Jammeh regime

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GoFundMe: Gambia-Victims and Resisters of a Regime – #Portraits4PositiveChange ©Jason Florio

November 7, 2018documentary, multimedia, photojournalism, travelGambiaHasDecided, Gambians, IRIN News, migration, New Gambia, people, portraits, President Adama Barrow, West Africajason florio Leave a comment

Portrait of ex-Mile2 prisoner, Ballo Kanteh, the Gambia ©Jason Florio

Ballo Kanteh – an ex-political prisoner, he shows the burns he suffered after melted plastic was dripped onto his skin by Jammeh’s hit-squad, the Junglers. Kanteh spent 18-year detention at the notorious Mile 2 prison – for the first two years, he was held in solitary confinement in a pitch dark cell, which has permanently damaged his eyesight ©Jason Florio

GoFundMe: The Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime

– To face the past, victims, and resistors of the Jammeh regime come forward – #Portraits4PostiveChange

‘In a global political climate where authoritarian rule is on the rise – where autocratic leaders crush dissent, and opposition, with brutality and little or no regard for human rights – it is essential to keep telling the stories of the victims of such regimes.

Your support will enable us to continue our work, to create an extensive body of portraits of the victims of the 22-year brutal dictatorship of the Yahya Jammeh’s regime, as a tool for positive change and advocacy…’Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio

The wife and son of Harouna Jammeh, who was murdered along with his sister on the orders of his brother, former president Yahya Jammeh ©Jason Florio

The wife and son of Harouna Jammeh, who was murdered along with his sister on the orders of his brother, former president Yahya Jammeh. Harouna’s daughter, Ayeshah Jammeh, has since co-founded the ‘Gambia Centre for Victims of Human Rights Violations‘ – Image ©Jason Florio

Please check out our GoFundMe campaign to find out more and why this is so important… and help spread the word, by sharing on social media. We’ll thank everyone, individually. And, if you donate, we’ll send you a handmade postcard, once we get to the Gambia.

GoFund Me #Portraits4PositiveChange Gambia

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Jason Florio – Photographer & Filmmaker

November 5, 2018documentary, Jason Florio, photography, photojournalism, travelGambia, human rights, humanitarian, multimedia, Nigeria, portraits, vimeo, West Africa, youtubejason florio Leave a comment

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Jason Florio, photographer and filmmaker, originally from London, based from NYC for 18 years before relocating to The Gambia, West Africa, in 2013. Currently, living in Malta.

His focus has been towards under-reported stories about people living on the margins of society and human rights. His work has been recognised with a number of awards, including The Magnum Photography Award 2017 for his work on migration.

Bangladeshi and Pakistani migrants wait to be evacuated from the fetid hold of a smuggler’s boat off the coast of Libya. © Jason Florio/MOAS. Photojournalism Series Winner, Magnum Photography Awards 2017.

He has produced images and documentaries for clients including The New York Times, Smithsonian, IRIN News, The New Yorker, Men’s, Journal, Outside, Bloomberg, Geographical, MIT Technology Review, PepsiCo, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International HIV/Aids Alliance, United Purpose, and the World Bank. He is a contributing editor for the Virginia Quarterly Review. – See more in ‘About‘ & ‘Press‘ on Florio’s website.

Currently, Florio is working on a long-term portrait project – ‘The Gambia – Torture, Abuse, and Dissent‘

‘Victims of Jammeh’ The Gambia, West Africa – portraits by Jason Florio

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November 2018

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