Jason Florio was one of the last photographers to photograph Ahmed Shad Massoud, the anti-Taliban “Lion of Panjshir” (شیر پنجشیر) in August 2001 before Massoud was assassinated b Al Qaeda on September 9TH 2001. He was at the foot of the World Trade Center on September 11TH as it came down. He’s taken incredible photos around the world. One of his more recent stories was a a 930 klick expedition at the foot of The Gambia, West Africa, to produce a series of portraits of a African chiefs. He was given a fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society in London for that work. Visit his website to check out Jason Florio’s on-line gallery.
This is a video collection of some of that work.
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