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International Women’s Day 2018

International Women’s Day 2018 Celebrating just a few of the incredibly inspiring women we have met, over the years, and photographed on our travels, and photography assignments. January 2013: Kaur, The Gambia, West Africa. Members of the Santa Yalla kaffo (group) take a moment between harvesting rice from theContinue reading “International Women’s Day 2018”

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Doors and Facades – Malta

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, Wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world-view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete” On my frequent meanderings around the streets of this small Mediterranean island, I regularly come across sites, such as these. Beautifully decaying doors and facades – portals to anotherContinue reading “Doors and Facades – Malta”

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Looking back: River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey (youtube)

‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey’ – footage © Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio From the source of the River Gambia, in the Fouta Djallon Highlands of Guinea, into Senegal, and onto The Gambia, West Africa, to the Atlantic Ocean’ (2012-2013) – See/read more at River Gambia Expedition Related: ‘A ShortContinue reading “Looking back: River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey (youtube)”

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The sun sets over baobab trees and Kunta Kinte Island Formally known as James Island (an important historical site in the West African slave trade), situated on the River Gambia, near to the villages of Juffureh and Albreda. Taken in 2009, whilst on a 930km African adventure – the first ever circumnavigation, completely byContinue reading “Photo of the Day – Sunset over Kunta Kinte Island, River Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio”