Friday Photo: Framed, West Pier, Brighton, England

The old West Pier, England © Helen Jones-Florio
The old West Pier, seen from the Brighton Pier, Brighton, England © Helen Jones-Florio

Travel: ‘Knight Town’ – Valletta, Malta – featured in Morning Calm/Korean Air

'Knight Town', Valletta, Malta - Images © Jason Florio for Morning Calm
Travel: ‘Knight Town’, Valletta – Images © Jason Florio for Morning Calm/Korean Air inflight magazine

 

Available now – a very enjoyable travel story that we worked on recently in Valletta, the enchanting ancient capital of Malta, for ‘Morning Calm’ (Korean Air’s in-flight Magazine) – page 20 onwards: ‘Knights Town‘, words by Jamie Carter.

 

Valletta, as seen from Sliema, across the creek. Image © Helen Jones-Florio for Morning Calm
Valletta, as seen from Sliema, across the creek. Image © Helen Jones-Florio for Morning Calm  

 

See more about our travels on Instagram – Floriotravels

 

Helen & Jason - Brooklyn Bridge Park (Rose's birthday party)
Helen & Jason – Brooklyn Bridge Park, NY (image courtesy of Jennifer Hile)

Hard Copy: VQR – Portraits and boat rescues from the Mediterranean Sea – Images by Jason Florio

VQR cover image © Jason Florio - boat rescues in the Med
VQR cover shot © Jason Florio / MOAS.EU – ‘Out of the Sea‘  – Instagram image © Helen Jones-Florio

 

Part of the power of these portraits lies in context, in learning who the migrants are, and how, amid such wretched circumstances, a democratic mix of citizens emerges—a melting pot of nationalities and ethnicities, of classes and educations. “It was surreal to see these women in their delicate scarves and fancy handbags,” Florio recalls. “With babes in arms—that type of thing. You had shoeless guys from West Africa and then Syrians who looked like they’d gone shopping for the day. Come as they are.” Jason Florio – read the full feature online: VQR, Winter Edition 2016

 

VQR: Portraits of refugees and migrants by Jason Florio
VQR: Portraits of refugees and migrants, rescued by MOAS – Migrant Offshore Aid Station – © Jason Florio/MOAS.EU  

 

 

Stormy skies over Sliema, Malta

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Stormy skies over Sliema, seen from Valletta © Helen Jones-Florio – see more at Wordly Images/Flickr