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New York Film Academy (NYFA): Photojournalist & Filmmaker Jason Florio Photo - Guest Speaker Series

New York Film Academy (NYFA): Photojournalist & Filmmaker Jason Florio Photo – Guest Speaker Series

New York Film Academy (NYFA) welcomed Photojournalist & Filmmaker Jason Florio for a special guest lecture and Q&A as part of NYFA’s Photo Guest Speaker Series. Jason Florio is an award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker, originally from London, based in NYC for 18 years before relocating to The Gambia, West Africa, in 2013. He has produced images and documentaries for clients including The…

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‘Makasutu’ – ‘’Powerful, penetrating, beautiful and stunning B&W 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.

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Portraits of the new president of the Republic of The Gambia – His Excellency Adama Barrow © Jason Florio

  We were highly honoured to have a private audience with the then President-Elect, Mr. Barrow, a few weeks ago. And, even more so when he readily agreed to let Jason Florio make his portrait, in the gardens of the Kairaba Hotel, Senegambia.

L-R: Jason Florio, President Adama Barrow, Helen Jones-Florio, Buba Bah – Kairaba Hotel, The Gambia, West Africa

  Jason Florio prepares to photograph President-elect, Adama Barrow, surrounded by his protocol team and his personal security guards – Kairaba Hotel, Senegambia. Image ©Helen Jones-Florio

  President Adama Barrow has a tremendously unenviable task ahead of him. Therefore, we wish him and his team all the very best in the world. The people of The Gambia deserve only the best.

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His Excellency Adama Barrow President of the Republic of The Gambia – portraits ©Jason Florio Portraits of the new president of the Republic of The Gambia - His Excellency Adama Barrow © …

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Jason Florio’s award-winning portraits of Gambian village chiefs and elders - ‘Silafando’ - is coming home. For the first time, we will be exhibiting the chiefs - the alkalo’s - in The Gambia, West Africa.

Opening event: Fri 3rd April, 2015 - see more on the photostellstories.org blog

For regular photo and travel story updates, please visit the photostellstories.org blog

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Silafando -  by photographer Jason Florio  http://www.floriophoto.com/

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GUP Magazine - featuring Jason Florio's portraits of village chiefs (alkalos) and elders, from our 'A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush - 930km African odyssey' (2009)

To read the full story about 'A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush' - our 2009 930km walk around The Gambia, West Africa - please scroll further down.

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PRESS: Jason Florio's portrait from his award-winning body of work - 'Silafando'- featured in Brooklyn Exposed for upcoming Brooklyn, NY, exhibition at the Tabla Rasa Gallery: 'Equus'

The 'Silafando' series of village chiefs (the 'Alkalo's') and elders was taken whilst we were on our 2009 'A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush' expedition - please scroll further down to see the images and read the road stories from the 930km walk around the small West African country

Tabla Rasa have also taken another of Florio's piece's from our recently completed 'River Gambia Expedition - source-sea African odyssey' - 'Swimming Horses' Karantaba, The Gambia

Images © Jason Florio : 'Herouna Tonkara with his horse' & 'Swimming Horses'

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Image © Jason Florio - 'Herouna Tonkara with his horse' The Gambia, West Africa. From the award-winning body of work 'Silafando'