River Gambia Photography Prints by Jason Florio – limited edition fine art prints are available to purchase at helenjonesflorio.com online gallery.
‘River Gambia’
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December 2012 – January 2013 – My wife, Helen Jones-Florio, and I co-led the first recorded source-to-sea expedition along the length of River Gambia, from its humble source in the remote highlands of Guinea, through Senegal and into The Gambia where it widens to nearly 14km and exits into the Atlantic Ocean. We teamed up with two old Gambian friends, Abdou Ndong a fisherman and Ebou Jarju a school teacher, as our river guide and translator. River Gambia is one of the major arteries into West Africa from the Atlantic Ocean. First penetrated in 1455 by Portuguese explorers, fought over by the French and British, and traveled up by Scottish explorer Mungo Park on both his attempts to seek the course of the River Niger…Jason Florio – read more
A selection of the River Gambia images are currently being exhibited at Photo Swindon – runs through 29th July, 2021
CURRENT LOCATION: United Kingdom – July 2021
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