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Photography prints by Jason Florio – traditional masquerades of The Gambia, west Africa – available to purchase from helenjonesflorio.com online gallery. Follow @jasonflorio_photoprints on Instagram, for regular updates and new work; not always featured on the gallery site).
Going back hundreds of years, along this coastline, people have collected oysters from the tentacles of the mangroves, which flank River Gambia…the tributaries are great sites for the oysters to grow. Oyster harvesting is traditionally a female-driven process – from collection, preparation, to selling of the oysters… hear more from Jason Florio as he talks to Neal James of Photography Daily Show/Photowalk (approximately 00:28.50 mins in)
“I adore (Helen Jones-Florio’s) project…probably because it’s exactly the one I would have loved to have started myself” Neale Jame-Photography Daily Show
Doors – I have a slight obsession with doors and facades. These images form part of a much wider collection of images taken over many years, particularly in West Africa. Regardless of where I travel to, for work or play, my archive continues to grow! #DisappearingMalta is also another extensive collection. As featured in the Times of Malta
Limited edition photography prints from Helen Jones-Florio’s – ‘Isolation’ a new series of doors and facades from West Africa.
“Speaking of Portals reminded me of Helen Jones-Florio’s impressive photographs of vintage doors and storefronts taken in The Gambia and Malta. Helen Jones-Florio is based between London and The Gambia, West Africa with her multi-award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker partner, Jason Florio” Elizabeth Avedon Blog
The doors and facades that often catch my eye are the ones I see as works of art. And, like most art, they are not perfect. There is beauty in the imperfections, the misspelt typography, a playfulness in the graphic design – intentional or not. But, the busy surroundings perhaps detract the eye from seeing these finer details. Therefore, isolating the doors and facades has always seemed the most obvious next step. I’m really enjoying the creative process of working on this new stage of my back catalogue of doors and facades.
Guinea’s Simandou mountains hold the largest untapped iron-ore deposit on the planet. Now a consortium of China-connected companies is moving ahead with a plan that jeopardizes one of the most biologically rich ecosystems in Africa. – words by Sheridan Prasso – Bloomberg
“We don’t want to stop the project, because it’s important for our economy…but we want responsible mining.” Amadou Bah, executive director of the nonprofit Action Mines Guinée. Bloomberg
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