Photos Tell Stories tutor and photographer, Jason Florio – nominated for the National Magazine Awards, 2014, USA

We were thrilled to get the news yesterday that Jason FlorioPhotos Tell Stories tutor and photographer – is a finalist for the National Magazine Awards, in the US, for his images from our ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1000km source-sea African odyssey‘; which were featured in the Virginia Quarterly Review : ‘Life on the River Gambia

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Image © Jason Florio – boys playing by the river – ‘River Gambia’
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Image © Jason Florio – Gold miners in South East Senegal : ‘River Gambia’

 

Well done, Jason!

To read about our tales from the River Gambia journey, please click here. And, to see the whole series of images, check out floriophoto.com

More news on the upcoming exhibition for the Photos Tell Stories Gambian workshop students coming soon. Feel to subscribe – in the left hand column – or ‘like’ the PTS’s Facebook page

The Florios – Helen & Jason

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Facebook – ‘Photos Tell Stories’ – a page you might ‘like’

Facebook - 'Photos Tell Stories' - a page you might 'like'

Photos Tell Storiesteaching photography – a visual language‘ with Jason Florio and Helen Jones-Florio

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Exhibition – ‘Photos Tell Stories’ – Gambian photography students prints are on route, thanks to AdoramaPix, NYC!

We are getting nearer to setting a date for the Photos Tell Stories photography workshops students exhibition, here in The Gambia. We want to welcome on board –  and give huge thanks to to one of our local photography stores – AdoramaPix, in New York, for partnering with us  – the shipment of prints is on route to West Africa!

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Here is a taster of the fine work we’ll be exhibiting, from our Gambian students:

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We also want to thank all our other partners and contributors– all of whom have helped to get to where we are now: US Embassy, Banjul, The Gambia; FujiFilm, USA; powerHouse Books, USA;  Gambia Experience, UK; Foto Care, USA; Protronica Ltd, UK; Jekkah – African inspired clothing, The Gambia; Qcell, The Gambia. And, a whole list of phenomenal contributing photographers: 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.

This week, we hope to visit a central venue which will be perfect for the exhibition and event night – where we will be able not to exhibit the prints, but also show a slideshow of images, on a big screen, from all the work produced during the workshops we held here in The Gambia; along with Jason Florio’s work from our two West Africa expeditions. If you want to receive updates on how things are progressing, simply subscribe (in the left hand column) by entering your email address. You may also ‘like‘ our PTS’s FB page or follow us on twitter

Thanks, as ever, for stopping by

The Florios – Helen & Jason

Photos Tell Stories : teaching photography – a visual language

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Image © Gerald Soweh
Image © Gerald Soweh – Even the photography tutor, Jason Florio, and workshop producer, Helen Jones-Florio, can escape the portrait session!

Random photo of the day: ‘Nice Boy’ pig – Photos Tell Stories, The Gambia, West Africa

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Image © Marry Bah – Soma, The Gambia, West Africa

To check out more our Gambian ‘Photos Tell Stories‘ photography workshops students images here  and for more of the Soma students work, please click here

We’ll be posting an update about an exhibition, in The Gambia,  of work from all the Photos Tell Stories Gambian workshops.

Thanks for stopping by

The Florios – Helen & Jason

A Short Walk in The Gambian Bush

Please check out our other West Africa projects:

River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey

A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush – 930km African odyssey