The Gambia - R.I.P. Radio Syd, the first commercial radio station in Africa. I was extremely saddened to hear that Radio Syd had been almost entirely destroyed in a fire earlier this year, January 2020. Thankfully, the Swedish couple, Benny and Connie, who used to...
We are thrilled to be chosen for The Photoville FENCE, 2020, with ‘Gambia – victims and resisters‘ – an ongoing multimedia body of work that began back in 2016. With the blessing of those we have photographed and filmed, our intention has always been to share their very personal...
The Day The Towers Fell – my 9/11 journey In August 2001 I went to Afghanistan to photograph a war – all was quiet. But when I returned to my home in New York City, in early September, the war came to me.Jason Florio. Full...
I have spent years on the road attempting to tell the stories of others. In this time of COVID ‘lockdowns’ and seemingly unending up-endings of our lives, I have needed to slip into a more contemplative state; looking for a less literal and more visceral...
Tuesday 24th March, 2020: The first day of the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s lockdown to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In Central London the streets were abnormally quiet, it felt as if nearly all of society had been sieved away, and only...
Podcast: 'I met with Jason Florio in The Gambia in 2018 along with his creative, business and actual life partner, Helen Jones-Florio. It was a serendipitous meeting, well for me at least, as I was in West Africa involved in the recording of a political...
Gender equality 2019 - At the beginning of the 21st century, our world still didn’t get rid of the different evaluation between the genders. Our campaign’s purpose is to draw attention to this important issue of humanity and bring about the importance of change, with...
With great thanks, Helene Greenburg-Wyman Contemporary, New York. A selection of 10 photography prints from Jason Florio's 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, New York City. https://vimeo.com/342929851 ‘The International Center...
Finalist Jason Florio Portrait Awards 2019 - LensCulture Congratulations, Jason Florio Finalist Portrait Awards 2019 LensCulture Great news - my ongoing project in collaboration with Helen Jones-Florio VICTIMS & RESISTERS of the former Gambian regime under Yahya Jammeh is a Finalists in the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2019.Big congrats to...
Muhammad Ali, New York City, February 1971 'I was shooting a college basketball game at Madison Square Garden for my university newspaper. During the pregame warm-ups, Ali unexpectedly appeared on the court, seemingly out of nowhere. His first championship fight with Joe Frazier was coming up,...