Thursday 20th December 2012 – Paddling distance: 11.4km (total to-date: 83.65km) – ‘River Gambia Expedition–1044km source-sea African odyssey‘ Even our tents and canoes, situated by the river over 2 miles away from the mine itself, were covered in a fine film of the pale pink, talc-like dust… ‘A relatively short day’s paddling on the RiverContinue reading “Economic Migrant Gold Miners, South Eastern Senegal, West Africa”
Category Archives: DOCUMENTARY
Multimedia: ‘I am Amigoe Dieudonné – The Artist Painter’ continues his odyssey
Update: April 26th, 2017: Amigoe needs a little help, to enable him to exhibit his work in Belgium A short video portrait shot in The Gambia, of Togolese painter Amigoe Dieudonné, who has traveled for over thirteen years around West Africa in his wheelchair, stopping along the way to create extensive bodies of work,Continue reading “Multimedia: ‘I am Amigoe Dieudonné – The Artist Painter’ continues his odyssey”
Instagram – Florio Travels
Follow us on Instagram @floriotravels: travel, documentary, reportage, fine art photography – all images © Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio
PRESS: The families migrants leave behind – IRIN
Whilst on the MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) Phoenix, documenting the migrant and refugee boat rescues in the Mediterranean, off the Libyan coast, a couple of months ago, Florio, met a young man, Lamin, from The Gambia, West Africa; a country which we had, at that point, been living in full time for overContinue reading “PRESS: The families migrants leave behind – IRIN”
