Remembering James – Happy Birthday!

We still miss you, James (1939-Sept 28th, 2011). We’ll raise a Julebrew, or two, in celebration.

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James & Beth, taking a bath – Mandina Balong, Makasutu Culture Forest, The Gambia, West Africa. Image © Jason Florio

 

 

Youtube: MOAS – Migrant Offshore Aid Station – remarkable rescue work in the Mediterranean Sea

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Youtube: Click here or on above image to view footage

 

Another taster of some of the remarkable work by MOAS‘ Phoenix crew (and various documentarians – through video and photography – including Jason Florio) – rescuing people in distress, from the Mediterranean Sea, as they endeavour to make the treacherous crossing, from Libya to Italy, on seriously overloaded fishing boats and dinghy’s,

Related links:

Youtube: Night Rescue of boat migrants from West Africa – footage © MOAS_EU/Jason Florio, 2015. All rights reserved.

Foreign Policy: ‘Rare photographs document the rescue of hundreds of migrants‘ all images © MOAS_EU/Jason Florio, 2015. All rights reserved.

Instagram: Early morning sun,Westside Highway, NYC

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Image © Helen Jones-Florio, Westside Highway, nyc, 2015

 

More images at Wordly Images (flickr) & floriotravels (Instagram)

Friday Photo: Dusk over Kunta Kinteh Island, on the River Gambia, West Africa

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Image © Helen Jones-Florio

 

Photographer, Jason Florio, walking down the jetty at Kunta Kinteh Island (formally James Island), in the middle of the River Gambia, near to the towns of Jeffureh and Albread, The Gambia, West Africa. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the island was once served as one of the major ports on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade route, of West Africa.

Image © Helen Jones-Florio Taken whilst on ‘A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush – 930km African Odyssey‘.