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Helen Jones-Florio

Archive Exhibitions Featuring Helen Jones-Florio

River Gambia: A 1044km African Odyssey

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands
 archive : 2013

When photographer Jason Florio got word that plans were afoot to create a massive hydro-electric dam on the River Gambia – one of Africa’s last free-flowing major rivers – he knew he wanted to attempt to follow the river’s course, before the natural flow was choked. Conservationists fear the dam will have massive environmental impact on many communities, as well as wildlife that rely on the natural flow and seasonal rise and fall of the water.

 

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