Duta Fotana Alkao (chief) of Pirang village, The Gambia watches over the village imam as he reads from the Koran. Photograph (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved
Photographs (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved
Man wearing a baboon hat in the highlands of Ethiopia.
Photographs (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved
Children exit the water at a beach near Trinidad, Cuba as a storm approaches. Photographs (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved
Texas from above.
Photographs (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved
Horsemen enroute to a wedding in the highlands of Ethiopia.
Photographs (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved
Young boy selling a magazine with the picture of Angelina Jolie on the cover. Butcher street, Kabul, Afghanistan. Photographs (c) Jason Florio/All rights reservedAfter meeting Photojournalist Jason Florio at last year's Review Santa Fe, I posted some photographs (on 9.15.09) from his project Makasutu: Mecca In The Forest, now on sale on Blurb Books, and my favorite quote of his which covers everything you might find about his work.
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I have been arrested by the Taliban...ridden into far-flung Afghan valleys in search of nomads with mujahideen as my security, dressed as a woman to cross a border, was at the foot of the Twin Towers as they collapsed, enjoyed the 'comforts' of a Cuban hospital, hunted bats in Surinam, chatted with Somali pirates over Coke and biscuits and danced like a fiend in Beirut nightclubs...among other things.+ + +
Jason, and his partner, Photography & Expedition Producer Helen Jones, made a 930km walk around The Gambia last year. You can view (and purchase) portraits he made along the route here: 930km African Odyssey
Malecón, La Habana, Cuba, 2006
Ortega de Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 2009
Festejos Populares, Zapote, San José, Costa Rica, 2008
Acuario Nacional, La Habana, Cuba, 2007
