Throwback Friday: ‘Radio Man’ The Gambia, West Africa ©Jason Florio

MAN WITH RADIO GAMBIA
‘Radio Man’ – with his boom box – portrait ©Jason Florio, 2009 – The Gambia, West Africa

‘We met this very talented musician who just happened to walk past our campsite, by the side of the road, in the village of Chamois Bunda, The Gambia.

He played us his own music on the boom box that he carried everywhere. He even performed a nifty little dance for us too! His music was amazing – like Bluegrass, with a twist of Cuban influence. We hadn’t heard any music for a while, by that point, on our walk around the small West African country. Therefore, it was a real treat to hear such great music. What a talented young man he was. This photo, and the memory which it evokes, still makes me smile. ‘

Helen Jones-Florio – excerpt from ‘A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush – 930km African odyssey‘ blog

Postcards from Malta – Mediterranean Life

Walking the coastline – Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio
Living on the Street, Malta © Helen Jones-Florio
Living on the Street, Malta © Helen Jones-Florio   
Caravan with a view, Malta © Helen Jones-Florio
Caravan with a view, Malta © Helen Jones-Florio

 

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Helen Jones-Florio online gallery of fine art photography prints

Helen Jones-Florio online gallery-fine art photography prints montage

Helen Jones-Florio online gallery-fine art photography prints montage
Helen Jones-Florio online gallery – fine art photography prints montage. Also on @florio_gallery/Instagram    

 

View the above collections and more at helenjonesflorio.com or contact helen@helenjonesflorio.com. Fine art photography prints from award-winning, internationally established photographers:

Ritty Tacsum, Robert Goldstein, Ken Shung, Michel Delsol, Chris Bartlett, Oskar Landi, and Jason Florio

Press: IRIN News – Gambians seek justice after Jammeh’s fall

IRIN NEWS - tortured under Jammeh's rule, Gambian's seek justice - image © Jason Florio
IRIN NEWS – tortured under Jammeh’s rule, Gambian’s seek justice – image © Jason Florio

 

Mariama Saine - one of the last Gambian's to be arrested and tortured under Jammeh's regime, The Gambia, West Africa - portrait © Jason Florio
Mariama Saine – one of the last Gambian’s to be arrested and tortured under Jammeh’s regime – portrait © Jason Florio
“They were beating me while I could hear the election results being announced on a television,” said Saine. “When Jammeh was ahead in the polls, the meanest one kicked me and said ‘Tomorrow, your head will be on a plate’. I was really scared.” read more IRIN News
Mariama Saine interview for IRIN News - one of the last Gambian's to be tortured under Jammeh's regime, The Gambia, West Africa - image © Helen Jones-Florio
“Not only for my case. I want to see all those people who have committed these atrocities prosecuted, all of them.” – Mariama Saine interview for IRIN News – image © Helen Jones-Florio

 

 

See also: ‘Documenting a Past Regime – ex-Mile II prisoners, The Gambia‘