Jason Florio – Makasutu

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“Inspired by the direct and simple, yet penetrating style of the mid centrury American photographer Mike Disfarmer, I began to photograph the people who lived and worked in and around Makasutu. I did not have a long-term plan or goal in mind on my first trip. At night I slept in a hammock in the forest near the Mandina Bilong: a small tributary of The Gambia river flanked by grey tentacled mangroves upon who’s sinewy limbs oysters cling and are harvested by the local women. During the day…