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Makasutu

mecca in the forest

by Jason Florio

Hardcover, Dust Jacket
Linen cover with full-color dust jacket and flaps
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About the Book
Large format black and white portraits of the people who live and work around Makasutu, a sacred forest in the West African Republic of The Gambia. The portraits were made on twelve trips over the past thirteen years.
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
  • Project Option: Large Square, 12×12 in, 30×30 cm
    # of Pages: 114
  • Publish Date: Jul 13, 2009
  • Keywords the gambia, black and white, large format, africa, black, tribes, tribal, makasutu, portraits, classic, people, mandinka, jola, wolof, fula
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About the Creator
jasonflorio
Jason Florio
New York City

I am a freelance photographer based in NYC, but work internationally for publications including : Aperture, Virginia Quarterly Review, The New Yorker, Outside, Men's Journal,New York Times, London Times. I have exhibited my work in a number of solo shows in NYC and my work from Afghanistan is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art. I have worked on assignment in Afghanistan, Iraq,Pakistan,The Gambia,DR Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti,Libya,Cuba, Syria,Lebanon,China, Brazil, Suriname ........and always looking forward to getting to new spots

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