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Current Location: July 2020 – coming out of Lockdown London, UK
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A short documentary about the 56 West African migrants forcibly disappeared and killed in 2005 in Gambia by security forces on orders of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. The film follows Isaac Mensah, one of the victim’s sons, who shares the family’s account of how his father’s death/disappearance continues to take an emotional toll on the family; and his journey to more answers.
| ‘I Cannot Bury My Father‘ reflects on the need for a wider public conversation around migration, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and the issue of ensuring accountability. Released, Monday 13th January, 2020, you can watch the full documentary online now. |
Director & Producer – Nana-Jo Ndow/ANEKED
Presenter – Isaac Mensah
Director of Photography – Jason Florio
Assistant Producer & Second Camera – Festus Jackson Davis
Editor – Gabriel Baron
Animator – Alexis Stern
Translator & Advisor – Zusong Tidana
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January 2020 – Currently in The Gambia, West Africa
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‘Destination Europe’ ICP- With great thanks, Helene Greenberg-Wyman Contemporary, New York. A selection of 10 photography prints from my long term award-winning body of work ‘Destination Europe’ – documenting the migration crisis in the Mediterranean sea (2015-16) – will become part of the permanent collection of International Centre of Photography Museum (ICP), New York City.
‘The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture’
Cornell Capa founded ICP in 1974 to preserve the legacy of “concerned photography”—the creation of socially and politically minded images that have the potential to educate and change the world—and the center’s mission endures today, even as the photographic medium and image-making practices have evolved. Through its exhibitions, school, public programs, and community outreach, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the role that photographs, videos, and new media play in our society. To date, it has presented more than 700 exhibitions and offered thousands of classes at every level.
ICP brings together photographers, artists, students, and scholars to create and interpret the realm of the image. Here, members of this unique community are encouraged to explore photography and visual culture as mediums of empowerment and as catalysts for wide-reaching social change’
See more from the series on my website: floriophoto.com
JF
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Magnum Photos + BJP Photography workshop, London ©Jason Florio
Magnum Photos + BJP Photography Workshop, London – An inspiring weekend’s workshop: ‘NGOs Social Practice and Advocacy – Learn how to use storytelling for social change‘
Great brainstorming with esteemed editors, and colleagues, for my in-progress portrait project – ‘Gambia –Victims, and Resisters of a Regime‘ #Portraits4PositiveChange
Many thanks to Magnum Photos and LensCulture for the opportunity.
Magnum Photos + BJP Photography workshop, London ©Jason Florio
To carry on ‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime‘
#Portraits4PositiveChange.
Please check out my GoFundMe page.
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