How Brexit Failed England’s Premier Fishing Town. Images © Jason Florio for Bloomberg

How Brexit Failed England’s Premier Fishing Town

Grimsby, blaming the EU for decades of decline, voted overwhelmingly to leave. It hasn’t helped—and may have made matters worse.

IN THE ENGLISH PORT town of Grimsby, Andrew Kay inspects rows of glistening lemon sole and haddock. At 7 a.m., Kay nods his head, buying 1,800 pounds of fish in the auction, which is held each weekday at a warehouse deep in the docks. His company, DNA Fish Supplies Ltd., will fillet his £2,000 (about $2,500) purchase, then mark it up for wholesalers who’ll supply restaurants, pubs and fishmongers across the UK… Bloomberg

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Fish smoker, Grimsby. Image ©Jason Florio for Bloomberg

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How Brexit Failed England’s Premier Fishing Town. Images © Jason Florio for Bloomberg

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AFRICA ’24 Expedition, The Gambia, West Africa

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AFRICA ’24 is an expedition we are leading to The Gambia in January next year, and one of our documentary challenges over the ten days we’re there will be to show the ‘grass roots’ level game that brings people together of all ethnicity, when we visit a training session.

Along with wildlife, the food, fishing folk, the festivals, a river expedition, markets and led by award winning photojournalist for part of our time, Jason Florio we’ll be enjoying a multitude of opportunities to make and talk pictures together.

Want to come along? Contact Neale James/Photowalk Podcast for all the details.

Women in pirogues paddling through the mangroves, River Gambia, West Africa. Image ©Jason Florio
Members of the TRY Oyster Ladies Association based in the Gambian village of Lamin, head out on Lamin Bolong, a tributary of River Gambia, to harvest oysters from the mangroves. Image © Jason Florio

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Featured Image: Football in the dust under a setting sun at the end of the day in The Gambia, West Africa, a photo made by Jason Florio @jasonflorio

The Meat Cart, The Gambia. Photography Prints by Helen Jones-Florio

‘The Meat Cart’, Old Yundum, The Gambia, West Africa, November, 2020. Photography Prints by Helen Jones-Florio.

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A mobile meat cart on a an urban street in The Gambia. Image © Helen Jones-Florio
‘The Meat Cart’, Old Yundum, The Gambia, West Africa, November, 2020. Photography Prints ©Helen Jones-Florio #Africandoors

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Photowalk EXPEDITION: the gambia 23/24 Jan to 2 feb 2024

Photowalk Expedition: The Gambia, 2024

This first expedition into West Africa is an opportunity to learn, practice and experience photography from three guides and is open for eight to ten explorers.

The Gambia is rich in culture, history, and natural beauty. Situated on the west coast, the smallest country of the continent, it reaches inland following the course of the seven hundred-mile River Gambia, bordered on either side by Senegal, home to nine historically important tribes all of whom live harmoniously together. The country is blessed with much wildlife; aardvarks, hyaena… Please visit Neale James/Photowalk website for all the details.

The Photowalk Expedition, The Gambia

YOUR EXPLORER GUIDES: Jason Florio – award-winning photographer & filmmaker; Andy Thompson – The founder of Gaia Media, Andy Thompson and has been operating in the creative industries of film, television and music since 2002; Neale James – founder of Photography Daily/The Photowalk

A boy on his horse and a man on his bicycle, rural Gambia, West Africa. Image ©Jason Florio, 2009

Header image: Members of the Santa Yalla kaffo; a collective of ladies who work together to harvest rice near the River Gambia at Kaur, The Gambia, west Africa. Image © Jason Florio ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey’ 2012-13

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