Florio, originally from London, based in NYC for 18-years before relocating to The Gambia, West Africa. His work has focused on under-reported stories and human-rights. His clients have included: NY Times, Smithsonian and Amnesty Int. Florio's work has been recognised with a number of awards, including Magnum Photo Award 2017 - 'Photojournalism'; IPA prize – ‘People Photographer’; PX3 Gold Medal – ‘War’. He was the first recipient of the Aperture Foundation grant to produce Aperture’s first assigned story, ‘This is Libya’. Florio co-led the first circumnavigation of The Gambia by foot - a 930km expedition to create a modern-day account photographic account of the country, tracing in part the footsteps of 18th-century explorer M. Park. He co-led, the first expedition of River Gambia, from its source in Guinea to the Atlantic - documenting the communities along its 1130kms. He was made a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society for his photography-based expeditions.