Friday photo: a tailor by day, a hunter by night, Fouta Djallon Highlands, West Africa

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Image © Jason Florio ‘River Gambia Expedition‘

 

‘Group deliberation in English, Mandinka, Bambara, and French only confused the issue. We finally opted for what seemed the suicidal approach, by way of the river and hugging the bank, ready to leap into the knotted trees if the hippo came in for the kill.’ Jason Florio – Read more and see more on Maptia .

Happy Friday!

The Florios – Jason & Helen

 

 

Press: River Gambia keeps on flowing… on Maptia.com

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PRESS – Image © Jason Florio – the source of the River Gambia

 

‘And yet, as we knelt and drank the clear water from where it first gathers in the sunlight, bubbling up from the giant natural cisterns beneath us, we felt that our source-to-sea journey had really begun… .’ Jason Florio – Maptia.com

With thanks to Jonny Miller, and all at Maptia, for a beautifully laid out feature, on their new website, of our River Gambia Expedition. Check out more incredible journeys – and striking images – on the site… ‘a world of stories‘

 

Floriotravels on Instagram – traveling light

New project : Traditional masquerades, The Gambia, West Africa. The 'Zimba' © Jason Florio
New project : Traditional masquerades, The Gambia, West Africa. The ‘Zimba’ © Jason Florio

 

For updates of our daily life, here in The Gambia, and further afield, check out floriotravels on Instagram.

And, we’ll be posting more images  here on the blog, from our new portrait project – traditional masquerades of The Gambia – over the coming weeks.

Thanks for stopping by

The Florios – Helen & Jason

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Related posts: New Project – Masquerades

 

 

 

RISC Benefit Photo Auction – 1 day left to bid!

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Aperture Gallery – 547 West 27th Street, #4, New York December 3, 2014 – 6:30 PM

One day left to get your bids in!

Jason was very fortunate to be chosen to take part in the inaugural RISC(Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues) training course in New York, in 2012, and therefore honored to have one of his ‘Makasutu‘ portraits in the upcoming  RISC Benefit & Silent Auction – which features the work of 46 photographers, a short program by RISC founder Sebastian Junger and Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas. Proceeds from ticket and auction sales will help RISC train and equip more freelance conflict journalists in emergency medical response. Bidding opens today – November 19  – online and ends at the benefit.

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‘As a response to the increasing dangers they face worldwide, RISC trains journalists to treat life-threatening…

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