Gambia ‘Photos Tell Stories’ exhibition opens this Friday, 16th May – Photographs of The Gambia by Gambians…

…along with images from Photos Tell Stories photography workshop tutor and award-winning photographer, Jason Florio

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We have less than five days to go until the opening night of ‘Photos Tell Stories – photographs of The Gambia by Gambians‘ exhibition opens at Alliance Française, here in The Gambia, West Africa: Friday 16th May, 2014 – 6-9pm.

We picked up the prints at the weekend – thanks to AdoramaPix, NYC, for a their support and a great print job! – one image from each of our young Gambian photography workshop students (we’ll be showing a slideshow of the rest of their work, plus some behind-the-scenes shots of Jason Florio teaching the students). A sneak preview of just one of 60 inspiring exhibition prints, from our students – most of whom had never used a camera before…

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The amphitheatre, Alliance Française, The Gambia, West Africa (only wish it was one of our partners, Qcell, advertised on either side of the screen!)

 

During the opening night,  we will also be projecting, on the above big screen in the amphiteatre at AF,  Jason Florio’s images from our West Africa journeys, as well as showing our ‘River Gambia’ short film; taken from footage Jason and I both shot whilst on the 1044km source-sea expedition, 2012-13.

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‘River Gambia‘ the source, Fouta Djallon Highlands – VQR Magazine © Jason Florio

 

For those of you who can’t make it – and, for those who can, it’s a free event and open to all – please feel free to subscribe to the blog (in the lefthand column) or ‘like‘ our Facebook page, or follow us on Twitter, for all updates and photos from the opening night.

Thanks, as always, for stopping by. We are looking forward to sharing the remainder of this particular journey with you.

O.K. … back to exhibition prepping and installation of the show. Photos coming soon!

The Florios – Helen & Jason

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Helen Jones=Florio & Jason Florio

 

AdoramaPix, NYC, Community Corner features ‘Photos Tell Stories’

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AdoramaPix – Community Corner

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Thanks to AdoramaPix, NYC, for their support, and for featuring Photos Tell Stories and our upcoming exhibition – opening at Alliance Française, The Gambia, May 16th – where we will be exhibiting almost 60 prints from our young Gambian Students, from the workshops. Read more here...

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To read more about who we are and what we do, please check out ‘About the Florios‘ , here on the blog.

 

Exhibition posters are printed! Photos Tell Stories – photographs of The Gambia by Gambians

 

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Thanks to Cecilia, at Kap Business Services, Westfields, The Gambia, for the lovely print job for our Photos Tell Stories posters, to advertise the upcoming exhibition – opening at Alliance Française on Friday, May 16th, 2014.

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A quick stop to AF, to  drop a few posters off, and a quick snap of PTS’s tutor and photographer, Jason Florio standing in front of the big screen – in the AF amphitheater – where, on the exhibition opening night,  we will also be projecting his work from three major West African projects: ‘River Gambia‘ (1044kn source-sea African odyssey); ‘Silfando‘ (A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush – 930km African odyssey); and ‘Makasutu – mecca in the forest‘

Please feel free to contact us, for more information about the exhibition and the Photos Tell Stories photography workshops: helen.jones@floriophoto.com

Here is just a taster of some of the amazing work the Gambian students produced during the workshops:

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Feel free to come along to the exhibition  to see more – around 60 prints will be on display, from our young Gambian photography students from their workshops with us.

Opening Night: Friday May 16th, 6-9pm, Alliance Française, Kairaba Avenue, The Gambia, West Africa – runs through 30th May, 2014/

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Exhibition – photographs of The Gambia by Gambians + a projection of images by Jason Florio

‘Photos Tell Stories‘  exhibition

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Opens Friday May 16th – 6-9pm – at Alliance Française, Kairaba Avenue, The Gambia, West Africa.

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With thanks, as always, to our main partners, the US Embassy, Banjul, we are delighted to host the forthcoming exhibition of around 60 prints (thanks to AdoramaPix, NY for their support) from our young Gambian  Photos Tell Stories photography workshop students.

Also, on the opening night, we’ll be projecting images from three other major West Africa projects – images by PTS’s tutor and award-winning photographer Jason Florio – from ‘River Gambia‘, (1044km source-sea African odyssey) ‘Silafando‘ (A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush), and ‘Makasutu – mecca in the forest‘:

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We had some great support for Photos Tell Stories – all of whom made the inaugural photography workshops in The Gambia possible. So, with thanks to all our partners and contributors:

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We also had some phenomenal  – and truly inspiring for our Gambian students –  images to share throughout all the workshops, thanks to a highly accomplished bunch of professional photographers:

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During the opening night, we’ll be screening our short film from ‘River Gambia‘, footage taken during our 1044km source-sea journey – from the source of the mighty African river in the Fouta Djallon Highlands of Guinea-Conakry, into Senegal, and onto where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean in The Gambia.

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We look forward to welcoming you all to the opening night, Friday 16th May. However, if you can’t make it, we will be posting photos galore from the event. If you want us to keep you updated, please subscribe to the blog (lefthand column), ‘like’ our FB page, or follow us on twitter

Fonyato!

The Florios – Helen & Jason

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