30 Jan Photography and Prints Gallery: River Gambia Expedition – Jason Florio
Photography Prints Gallery – River Gambia Expedition
Jason Florio
‘December 2012 – January 2013 – My wife, Helen Jones-Florio, and I co-led the first recorded source-to-sea expedition along the length of River Gambia…’
Photography Prints Gallery – River Gambia Expedition: ‘Man Sitting on the Pier on the River Gambia‘ ©Jason Florio
‘From its humble source, in the remote highlands of Guinea, through Senegal and into The Gambia, where it widens to nearly 14km and exits into the Atlantic Ocean. We teamed up with two old Gambian friends, Abdou Ndong a fisherman and Ebou Jarju a school teacher, as our river guide and translator.‘ Jason Florio – River Gambia Expedition read/see more
Photography Prints Gallery – River Gambia Expedition: ‘Kuntaur Wharf‘, River Gambia © Jason Florio. Prints available to purchase: View Florio’s gallery
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River Gambia Expedition – Jason Florio
Photography Prints Gallery – ‘Source to Sea’ The New Yorker, by Amber Terranova. Image ©Jason Florio, River Gambia
‘Still, fishermen throw nets, from precarious narrow pirogues throughout much its (the rivers) course. And Guinea-Bissau refugees scour the mangroves for oysters in the brackish tributaries. Economic migrants flock to the Senegal sections of the river, busily washing the gold-bearing river sand as they have done for hundreds of years.’ Jason Florio – River Gambia
‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey‘ – short film ©Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio
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Photography Prints Gallery – River Gambia Expedition: ‘Boy in the Mask‘ © Jason Florio fine art photography prints available to purchase from the gallery
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River Gambia Expedition – Jason Florio
Photography Prints Gallery – ‘Moto Taxis‘ Helen Jones-Florio and the expedition team, Fouta Djallon Highlands, Guinea-Conakry © Jason Florio .cccc
All of Florio’s images – including those found on Jason Florio’s website – are available to purchase, via the gallery – Contact Us for all inquiries.
To read more, in-depth, about this incredible adventure, and see more of Florio’s stunning images (and to see behind-the-scenes images and footage, including close encounters with hippos!), please check out my blog about the journey – ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km African Odyssey‘ – and how finding a book, by the 19th-century French explorer, Gaspard Théodore Mollien, in the Royal Geographical Society’s library, London, inspired a full-blown West Africa expedition!
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Photography Prints Gallery – Helen Jones-Florio, River Gambia Expedition producer, camping by the River Gambia, Genoto, West Africa © Jason Florio, 2013
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