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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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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.
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:
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/
The Florios – Helen & Jason
‘Photos Tell Stories‘ exhibition
photographs of The Gambia by Gambians
Opens Friday May 16th – 6-9pm – at Alliance Française, Kairaba Avenue, The Gambia, West Africa.
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‘:
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:
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:
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.
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
Photos Tell Stories – Photographs of The Gambia by Gambians+ a projection of images
‘River Gambia’, ‘Silafando‘, & ‘Makasutu’
from award-winning photographer, Jason Florio
Opening night: Friday 16th May, 2014 6-9pm – Alliance Française, Kairaba Avenue, Kanifing, The Gambia.
Free entry – everyone welcome!
Partnering with the US Embassy, Banjul
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Based on a series of photography workshops, in The Gambia, West Africa, earlier in 2014 – ‘Photos Tell Stories: teaching photography – a visual language‘, with tutor and photographer Jason Florio and producer Helen Jones-Florio – the exhibition is the culmination of these workshops, to showcase the amazing, and truly inspiring, photography produced by Gambian students, from Fajara, Kembujeh, Kartong, Farafenni, and Soma.
In the reception area of Alliance Française, the Florios short film – ‘River Gambia’ – will be screened throughout the opening night – which premiered at Photoville 2013, New York, during the River Gambia exhibition.
Along with exhibiting printed work – around 60 images – from our Gambian photography students, on the big screen in the AF amphitheater, we will be projecting a wider range of the students work from all the Photos Tell Stories workshops; including behind-the-scenes of the students and Jason Florio at work.
The exhibition is open to the public, during AF hours, Fri 16-Sat 31st May
For all updates about the workshops, and our other photography projects, please subscribe to this Photos Tell Stories blog (‘follow’ in the lefthand column of this page); ‘like’ FB; follow Twitter
We look forward to welcoming you on the night of Friday16th May, at Alliance Française, The Gambia. If you would like us to add you to the guest list, please email helen.jones@floriophoto.com
Abaraka bakeh!
As always, we give a BIG thank you to all our partners and contributors who helped make ‘Photos Tell Stories‘ happen – especially The US Embassy, Banjul, The Gambia – Fujifilm, USA; PowerHouse Books, NY, USA; Gambia Experience, UK & The Gambia; Foto Care, NYC, USA; Protronica Ltd, UK; Jekkah – African inspired clothing – made in The Gambia; Qcell, The Gambia; AdoramaPix, NYC, USA.
And HUGE thanks to all the awe-inspiring International, professional, photographers who allowed us to share their superb images with our Gambian students, during the workshops (in no particular order – we are equally grateful to all!): Manjari Sharma; Amber Terranova; Amy Toensing; Sari Goodfriend; Ryan Heffernan; Ben Lowy; Stefan Falke; Oskar Landi; Thomas Donley; Brandon Remler; Wayne Lawrence; Chris Bartlett; Robert Goldstein; Henry Jacobson; Heloise Bergman
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