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

Friday Photo: ‘Canners’, 6th Ave, NYC

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‘Canners’ – metal is cash – a man collects tin cans, 6th Ave, New York City © Helen Jones-Florio

 

We saw this man often on 6th Ave, near our apartment, pushing his precariously overloaded, wobbly old shopping cart. One amongst many men, and women, you can see every day on the streets of NYC, heads buried deep into the public trash cans, sifting through, collecting discarded tin cans, bottles, and plastic, in order to reclaim the five cents refundable deposit charged to consumers on purchases of beer, soda, and water containers, in the city. This is often their only means of making a living.

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This is the Sea – Mediterranean, Malta

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‘This is the Sea’ – the Mediterranean, Malta – black and white triptych © Helen Jones-Florio

 

Available as a triptych or as individual prints – email for details: info@floriophoto.com

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A Space and a Place… that no longer exists

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“As we live and as we are, Simplicity – with a capital “S” – is difficult to comprehend nowadays. We are no longer truly simple. We no longer live in simple terms or places. Life is a more complex struggle now. It is now valiant to be simple: a courageous thing to even want to be simple. It is a spiritual thing to comprehend what simplicity means.” Frank Lloyd Wright – The Natural House

All images © Helen Jones-Florio – WordlyImages: Doors & Facades / Places & Spaces