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Yahya Jammeh herbal AIDS/HIV ‘cure’ – portraits © Jason Florio

December 20, 2018documentary, Jason Florio, photographyAmnesty International, Gambia Has Decided, human rights, humanitarian, New Gambia, President Adama Barrow, river gambia, vimeo, youtubejason florio Leave a comment

Lamin Ceesay – took part in Yahya Jammeh AIDS/HIV herbal ‘cure’ trials, the Gambia – portrait ©Jason Florio

Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime

Lamin Ceesay was on of a number of HIV/AIDS patients coerced by former Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, to stop taking their anti-retroviral drugs and be treated by him personally with his herbal HIV/AIDS ‘cure’. Jammeh’s treatment proved to be dangerous, and often fatal for many,… see more at floriophoto.com

#Portraits4PositiveChange

To find out more about this project, check out our GoFundMe page.

Jason Florio making #Portraits4PositiveChange, the Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio.

I am currently in the Gambia, West Africa, working on a long-term portrait series, ‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime‘, #Portraits4PositiveChange, through January 2019. I am available for assignments – please contact me here

Jason Florio

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Jason Florio Open Society Foundation – Instagram Takeover

December 15, 2018documentary, Jason Florio, photographyGambia Has Decided, GoFundMe, human rights, multimedia, New Gambia, portraits, President Adama Barrow, river gambia, vimeo, youtubejason florio Leave a comment

Open Society Foundation Instagram Takeover – images ©Jason Florio

Open Society Foundation Jason Florio – Instagram Takeover

‘Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime’ #Portraits4PositiveChange.

‘Jason Florio shares his images from his ongoing series on citizens of the Gambia who were tortured under the regime of former President Yahya Jammeh, and who are now stepping forward and demanding justice.’ Open Society Foundation.

Making Portraits4PositiveChange, Gambia, and filming testimonies of victims ©Jason Florio

Making Portraits4PositiveChange, Gambia ©Jason Florio

To read more about why we are doing this project – GoFundMe. And, see more from this ongoing series at floriophoto.com.

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Dec 2018 – Jan 2019, I’ll be in The Gambia

To carry on ‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime‘

Available for assignments – Contact here

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Makasutu – fine art photography prints by Jason Florio

September 27, 2018documentary, Jason Florio, photography, travelalkalos, black and white, chiefs, Gambia, people, river gambia, Silafando, West Africajason florio Leave a comment

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

‘Abdou with Rescued Crocodile’, The Gambia, West Africa © Jason Florio

‘Makasutu-mecca in the forest‘

multi-award-winning black and white portraits by Jason Florio

‘With little command of the local language, I could only but ask my subjects to stand and look directly into the lens. With little direction on my part, I found that the subjects in front of the camera would become silently quizzical of themselves and how they wanted to be portrayed. I returned every year to Makasutu, up until 2010…’ Jason Florio

‘Painted Face’ – coming of age ceremonies, The Gambia, West Africa ©Jason Florio

Makasutu Portraits

Limited edition photography prints are available to purchase from helenjonesflorio.com gallery. For prices, editions, sizes, shipping, please visit ‘Print Orders‘ page on the gallery site.