HELEN JONES-FLORIO – Page 19 – PHOTOS TELL STORIES – documentary | filmmaking | photography | people

Photo of the Day: Fish-smoking, Kafountine, Casamance

Another kind of landscape… Poisson fumant à grande échelle! Casamance, Southern Senegal, West Africa

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River Gambia Expedition – featured in Safari254

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-Conakry, 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, AbdouContinue reading “River Gambia Expedition – featured in Safari254”

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The Gambia – stories behind doors

Behind every door, there is a story to be heard… Making #Portraits4PositiveChange, with Jason Florio, we are meeting victims and survivors of the brutal regime of the former president of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh. The man, ‘A.K.J.’, who lives behind this door, was shot in the leg by security forces when he took part in a peacefulContinue reading “The Gambia – stories behind doors”

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The beauty in decay – Gambia Doors v Malta Doors

GAMBIA DOORS V MALTA DOORS Crossing continents Malta Doors v Gambia Doors. We are still in West Africa, and I see similarities every day in many of the doors and storefronts, here in the Gambia, of those that I see daily in Malta – the rich, and vibrant colours of beauty in decay…Continue reading “The beauty in decay – Gambia Doors v Malta Doors”