Tag Archives: Helen Jones-Florio
Friday Photo: Dusk over Kunta Kinteh Island, on the River Gambia, West Africa
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 tradeContinue reading “Friday Photo: Dusk over Kunta Kinteh Island, on the River Gambia, West Africa”
Youtube: Forest Festival, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa
Late last year, Jason Florio and I traveled the short distance, south, across the border from our home in The Gambia, into the Casamance region of Senegal, West Africa – on assignment for a local NGO, Concern Universal; who we had worked with on previous projects. The purpose of the assignment was to document a celebratory ‘Festival des Forêt‘,Continue reading “Youtube: Forest Festival, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa”
Postcards from Malta: The Beauty in Decay
On my many meanderings around the streets of Malta, I often come across sites, such as the above. Beautifully decaying doors – from another place in time – starkly juxtaposed by the surrounding modern, steel and glass environment. Yet, conversely, you could very easily walk right past these exquisite, woefully neglected, facades, without even noticing them. What is behind the doors…Continue reading “Postcards from Malta: The Beauty in Decay”
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