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Photo Swindon International Photography Exhibition – 1st July-3rd October, 2021. Jason Florio, Martin Parr, Sanne de Wilde
Photo Swindon International Photography Exhibition – 1st July-3rd October, 2021
‘In Sync – Natures of Togetherness’
Jason Florio | Martin Parr | Sanne de Wilde
Photo Swindon 2021
Photo Swindon 2021 is a new and exciting outdoor photography exhibition conceived and curated by Swindon based photographer Jennifer Berry and delivered in partnership with Swindon South Parish Council. The programme will feature a collection of works by Internationally acclaimed and award winning documentary photographers.
Jason Florio – Exhibiting 1st-29th July
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Uniquely for a photography exhibition, each photographers work will tour three locations within each month.
The touring nature of this exhibition breaks new ground being the first time this has been done in the UK to our knowledge. We hope this maximises accessibility to all the people of our rich and diverse community.
‘River Gambia’ – purchase fine art photography prints
Martin Parr – Exhibiting 31st July-30th August
The locations will be three of Swindon’s parks, The Town Gardens, Queens Park and the GWR Park; totalling an outdoor exhibition across three parks for a period of three months from 1st July – 3rd October 2021.
Sanne de Wilde – Exhibiting 1st Sept-3rd October
Additionally, for 2 weeks in October photography students from New College Swindon will exhibit their work in the Town Gardens, Swindon, and 5th October – 17th October for Graduate Photojournalism and Documentary Photography students from Centre for Art and Photography University of Gloucestershire.
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‘River Gambia’ – purchase fine art photography prints
Jason Florio completed the first recorded circumnavigation of The Gambia by foot, co-leading with his wife Helen Jones-Florio – a 930 km expedition, producing an award-winning series of portraits titled ‘Silafando’.
Three years later he co-led, with Helen Jones Florio his wife, the first recorded expedition of River Gambia from its source in Guinea-Conakry to the Atlantic Ocean, in The Gambia – creating a document of the communities that live along its 1130 km course before a planned dam was constructed.
‘ROGUE HIPPOS! & PHOTOGRAPHING DURING A DICTATORSHIP’
Podcast: Jason Florio talks to Neale James/Photography Daily Show about Photo Swindon, and the River Gambia Expedition
Huge thanks to Jennifer Berry & Jon Buckett for putting the exhibition together, for the above words, and for inviting me to be part of this incredible photography festival!
Jason Florio
Photojournalist/Filmmaker – floriophoto.com
Header Image: Boys with painted faces, standing on the banks of the River Gambia, Senegal. Image ©Jason Florio
CCIJ – Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism – ’The Gambia’s Water Paradox’
CCIJ Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism – ’The Gambia’s Water Paradox’ . How a country with plentiful water resources is failing to provide safe water to its people.
More than 45.3% of The Gambia’s population is relying on contaminated water sources. CCIJ
Many studies have reported a range of health problems due to increased salinity exposure through drinking, cooking and bathing. CCIJ
Words by Lamin Jahateh. Images by Jason Florio for CCIJ – read/see more…’The Gambia’s Water Paradox’
CCIJ: ‘The Gambia’s Water Paradox’ Drone footage, The Gambia, West Africa ©Jason Florio
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Podcast: Rogue Hippos! & Photographing During a Dictatorshop – Jason Florio
Podcast: Rogue Hippos! & Photographing During a Dictatorshop – Jason Florio talks with Neale James/The Photography Daily Show, about living and working in The Gambia, West Africa.
Podcast: Rogue Hippos! & Photographing During a Dictatorshop – Jason Florio
Today two stories featuring humanitarian photojournalist Jason Florio. In the first we talk about a photo expedition he took with his wife and business partner Helen Jones-Florio along the Gambia River, which sounds beautifully romantic and exotic in equal measure, but doesn’t come without its wildlife challenges as you’re about to find out. And then in part two of our conversation, we discuss moving to Africa, living initially under a regime that didn’t encourage open documentary work or journalism or indeed anyone who might want to talk of uncomfortable truths in a country which has the motto, progress, peace and prosperity. Listen to the podcast at The Photography Daily Show
River Gambia Expedition – 10044km source-sea African odyssey
Podcast: Rogue Hippos! & Photographing During a Dictatorshop – Jason Florio
‘Gambia – victims, and resisters’
“We want answers and we want justice, and we will not give up until those who are responsible are held accountable.” Nana-Jo Ndow, human rights activist and founder of ANEKED, whose father was murdered by Yahya Jammeh’s security forces
#Portraits4PositiveChange
Huge thanks to Neale James at the Photography Daily Show for inviting me to share our West Africa experiences.
JF
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