Doors - Gambia v. Malta #GambiaDoors / #DisappearingMalta

Wabi sabi Doors and facades, Gzira, Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio

29 May Doors – Gambia v. Malta

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I have been photographing the doors and storefronts which catch my eye, in Malta and the Gambia, for a number of years. This is but a micro-selection of the hundreds which I’ve collected, from both these small countries.

It’s a combination of architecture, the colours, and often the state of decay, which immediately grabs my attention. Both Malta and the Gambia have an abundance of beautifully decaying facades.

Doors - 'Serigne Touba' mural on the front of a house in the capital, Banjul, the Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio — Doors – ‘Serigne Touba’, Banjul, the Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio

#DisappearingMalta

#GambiaDoors

Doors - 'Pipe, eau de Toilette', decaying closed storefront, Banjul, the Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio — Doors – ‘Pipe, eau de Toilette, Banjul, the Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio

‘How I’m seeing Malta disappear through its doors’
Photographer shoots the death of Malta’s architectural history
Times of Malta

Doors - 'The Last Stop', derelict house, Sliema, Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio #DisappearingMalta architecture — Doors – ‘The Last Stop’, derelict house, Sliema, Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio

Another, perhaps darker side, to my #GambiaDoors series has been to photograph the doorways to victims we have been photographing and filming, as part of ‘Gambia – victims, and resisters of a regime’. Also known as #Portraits4PositiveChange – an on-going series, with award-winning photographer, Jason Florio (check out his photography prints galleries, here on the site).

#StoriesBehindDoors

Doors - the doorway to the house of Mr Chune, who's son was shot dead during student protests, 2000,, The Gambia, West Africa ©Helen Jones-Florio — Doors – the doorway to the house of Mr Chune, The Gambia, West Africa ©Helen Jones-Florio #StorieBehindDoors

The Gambia, West Africa – “My son was amongst the children massacred by Yahya Jammeh’s security forces… he was trying to escape, running with the other students to save their lives, and he was shot dead as he reached the school gates” Mbye Babou Chune. Image © Helen Jones-Florio… read/see more about Chune’s story at photostellstories.org