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‘HOME’ work assignment for our Gambian photography workshop students

Inspired by a slideshow projection, in the classroom, of images of ‘Home’ from our contributing professional photographers (including Amy Toensing, Ben Lowy, Henry Jacobson, Manjari Sharma, Ryan Heffernan, Oskar Landi), the ‘Photos Tell Stories‘ students, from the Kombo area of The Gambia, were given their main assignment from photographer and tutor, Jason Florio: take the cameras away and photograph what ‘Home‘ means to them.

Each of them came back with some very well composed, inspired images – some literal, others not so. Following is a short edit of those images, from each of our students.

You can check out more of our Kombo students work here

Screen Shot 2014-02-03 at 4.15.25 PM — The Kombo ‘Photos Tell Stories’ photography workshop students © Jason Florio

If you are interested in booking a ‘Photos Tell Stories’ photography workshop – either as a group or individually – please take a look at our ‘Book a Photography Workshop or Presentation’ page.

We’ll be sharing more of our photography workshop students images, from The Gambia, very soon. You can also check out our ‘Behind-the-Scenes’ FB photo album, where you can see Jason Florio and the students at work.

Thanks, as always, for stopping by.

The Florios – Helen & Jason

In partnership with the US Embassy, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa

HJF_JF_JUMP_KOMBOS_MG_0085 — Image © Muhammed Sinera: Helen Jones-Florio & Jason Florio

‘Behind-the-Scenes’ of Photos Tell Stories photography workshops with Jason Florio, The Gambia, West Africa

We’ve been busy adding more ‘Behind-the-Scenes‘ images of tutor and photographer, Jason Florio, with the students, from the ‘Photos-Tell-Stories‘ photography workshops we’ve been holding here in The Gambia.

FUJI CAMERA2_KARTONG_3264 — **Kartong village students, The Gambia © Helen Jones-Florio**

FLO_STUDENTS_KARTONG_3211 — **Tutor and photographer, Jason Florio, with the Kartong village students – image © Helen Jones-Florio**

KIDS WATCHING_WINDOW3_3320 — **We have an audience! local village kids climb up to the window to watch the Florio’s slideshow with the students, Kartong © Helen Jones-Florio**

KARTONG_JUMP_3259 — **The Kartong students learn how to capture movement © Helen Jones-Florio**

FLO REFLECTOR_KARTONG_3232 — **‘Shade’ Jason Florio works with the Kartong students © Helen Jones-Florio**

EDITING_KARTONG_3281 — **The editing suite : Jason Florio edits the Kartong workshop students images, ready to show the village during the night program © Helen Jones-Florio**

To see more from our ‘Behind-the-Scenes’ photo album, please visit our ‘Photos Tell Stories’ FB page. Also, if you want to check out the images our workshop students are producing with the cameras, please check out ‘Photos Tell Stories Students Images‘

_MG_0077 — The Kombos Photos Tell Stories photography workshop students – portrait class

FUJIFILM2 — BIG thanks to FujiFilm, USA, for partnering with ‘Photos Tell Stories’

Thanks, as always, for stopping by. We have so many more great images from our Photos Tell Stories photography students to share with you. So, please stop by again soon.

Foulundo (until next time)

The Florios

Helen Jones-Florio – Photos Tell Stories producer

Jason Florio – Photos Tell Stories photographer and tutor

HJF_JF_KARTONG — Image © Binta Jarju, Kartong, The Gambia

The Gambia ‘Photos Tell Stories’ photography workshops – partnered with the US Embassy, Banjul

Gambian photography workshops students, Kartong village, The Gambia – ‘Photos Tell Stories’ with Jason Florio

DSCF0033 — Image © Alieu Bojang, Kartong village, The Gambia

DSCF0057 — **Image © Alieu Bojang, Kartong village, The Gambia**

We just returned from the village of Kartong, after teaching another successful ‘Photos Tell Stories‘ photography workshop with students chosen from the Press Club of St Martins Basic Cycle School. Not one of the students had used a digital camera before – although a couple of the students used their phone cameras sometimes. After a morning of theory, with tutor and photographer, Jason Florio, in the classroom, we sent them off to photograph the village in which they lived. Yet again, we were captivated by the work that they produced throughout the day. The average age of the students was fifteen years old.

DSCF1366 — **Image © Binta Jarju, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF1444 — Image © Binta Jarju, Kartong, The Gambia

These are just a few samples of the Press Club students work – which, at the end of their days shoot, they edited with the help of workshop tutor and photographer, Jason Florio. Then, as we have been doing after all of the Gambian workshops, projected their images onto the cinema-sized inflatable screen (thanks to Josh and the guys at the US Embassy, Banjul – our main partners for the workshops in The Gambia), later that evening – to audience of around 150 enraptured villagers!

DSCF1135 — **Image © Dwada Bojang, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF1169 — **Image © Dwada Bojang, Kartong, The Gambia**

Kartong certificates_3326 — **The Kartong school Press Club students receive their ‘Photos Tell Stories’ certificates – with thanks to Bobbie Bethall for all her help © Jason Florio**

DSCF0110 — **Image © Edward Badjie, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF0129 — **Image © Edward Badjie, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF0635 — **Image © Famara Jatta, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF0686 — **Image © Famara Jatta, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF0912 — **Image © Fatou Manneh, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF0923 — **Image © Fatou Manneh, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF1055 — **Image © Lucy Njoku, Kartiong, The Gambia**

DSCF1208 — **Image © Lucy Njoku, Kartiong, The Gambia**

DSCF9720 — **Image © Malang Jarju, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF9771 — **Image © Malang Jarju, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF9789 — **Image © Malang Jarju, Kartong, The Gambia**

If you would like to find out more about ‘Photos Tell Stories: teaching photography – a visual language‘ with award-winning photographer, Jason Florio, and producer, Helen Jones-Florio, please check out this link.

DSCF0604 — **Image © Mariama Tourey, Kartong, The Gambia**

DSCF0653 — Image © Mariama Tourey, Kartong, The Gambia

DSCF7917 — Image © Marie Manneh, Kartong, The Gambia

DSCF7930 — Image © Marie Manneh, Kartong, The Gambia

We also had an overseas guest for our Kartong workshop, our nephew, Tyrone Florio; who had recently flown in from the UK. Tyrone is studying photography and decided he wanted to come out and help us with the workshops. However, there is no room for nepotism in the ‘Photos Tell Stories‘ camp as we set Tyrone the same assignment as the rest of our students. We think he did very well too.

**Image © Tyrone Florio, Kartong, The Gambia**

Thanks to FujiFilm, USA, for the digital cameras which our ‘Photos Tell Stories’ Gambian students used to produce some very creative, insightful, and encouraging work. Encouraging, because it has spurred us on to want to do more workshops in West Africa.

We’ll be adding more work from our other workshops over the coming week – along with ‘Behind-the-Scenes‘ images. In the meantime, please check out what we have up here so far on our ‘Photos Tell Students Students Work‘ page.

Thank you for stopping by.

The Florios

Helen Jones-Florio – Photos Tell Stories producer

Jason Florio – Photos Tell Stories photographer and tutor

Jason Florio teaches ‘Photos Tell Stories’ Gambian photography workshop students how to photograph each other

For the four day Photos Tell Stories photography workshop in the Kombos, The Gambia, our young students came from various schools in the region. So, on the first day of the workshop, as a way of getting to know each other, and to familiarize themselves with the FujiFilm digital cameras, photographer and tutor, Jason Florio, asked them to photograph each other – and, he also instructed them to direct their subjects. Following are just a few examples from the students that first day.

IMAGES © AISHA P. NJIE

Aisha Njie — Image © Aisha P. Njie ‘Kadi’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.20.57 AM — Image © Aisha P. Njie – ‘Muhammed S.’ and ‘Little Muhammed N.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.25.31 AM — Image © Aisha P. Njie – ‘Kadi’

IMAGES © CATHERINE MAHONEY

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.31.18 AM — Image © Catherine Mahoney – ‘Ya Ida and Haryat’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.33.44 AM — Image © Catherine Mahoney – ‘Aisha N.’

IMAGES © FLORENCE AMPONG

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.36.25 AM — Image © Florence Ampong – ‘Omar D.’

HJF BY FLORENCE — Image © Florence Ampong – ‘Helen Jones-Florio’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.36.49 AM — Image © Florence Ampong – ‘Omar D.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.36.38 AM — Image © Florence Ampong – ‘Aisha and Catherine’ (cameras – with thank to FujiFilm, USA)

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.44.10 AM — Image © Haryat – ‘Little Muhammed’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.44.19 AM — Image © Haryat – ‘Lucia M.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.44.43 AM — Image © Haryat – ‘Aisha’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.44.50 AM — Image © Haryat – ‘Kadi’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.50.02 AM — Image © Kadijatou Jawara – ‘ Catherine M.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.50.11 AM — Image © Kadijatou Jawara – ‘ Muhammed S.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.50.18 AM — Image © Kadijatou Jawara – ‘ Omar D.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.54.01 AM — Image © Lucia Mendy – ‘Catherine M.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.54.16 AM — Image © Lucia Mendy – ‘Kadi J.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.54.36 AM — Image © Lucia Mendy – ‘Aisha N. and Catherine M.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.59.18 AM — Image © Muhammed Sinera – ‘Photos Tells Stories students and tutor Jason Florio‘

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.59.25 AM — Image © Muhammed Sinera – ‘Jason Florio‘

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.59.37 AM — Image © Muhammed Sinera – ‘Haryat and Ya Ida’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 9.59.50 AM — Image © Muhammed Sinera – ‘Aisha N. and Catherine M.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.01.30 AM — Image © Muhammed Njie – ‘Jason Florio’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.02.09 AM — Image © Muhammed Njie – ‘Aisha N’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.02.17 AM — Image © Muhammed Njie – ‘Kadi’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.02.24 AM — Image © Muhammed Njie – ‘Omar D’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.08.01 AM — Image © Omar Dampha – ”Selfie’!

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.08.13 AM — Image © Omar Dampha – ‘Haryat’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.08.22 AM — Image © Omar Dampha – ‘Lucia M and Jason Florio‘

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.08.34 AM — Image © Omar Dampha – ‘Photos Tell Stories students and Helen Jones-Florio’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.08.50 AM — Image © Omar Dampha – ‘Aisha N. and Catherine M.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.13.57 AM — Image © Ya Ida Drammeh – ‘Jason Florio and Lucia M’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.14.13 AM — Image © Ya Ida Drammeh – ‘Muhammed S. and Muhammed N.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.14.06 AM — Image © Ya Ida Drammeh – ‘Jason Florio’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.14.20 AM — Image © Ya Ida Drammeh – ‘Omar D.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.14.28 AM — Image © Ya Ida Drammeh – ‘Aisha N.’

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 10.14.39 AM — Image © Ya Ida Drammeh – ‘Aisha N. and Catherine M.’

If you would like to check out more of the students work – from their portraiture workshop, please click here

_MG_0137 — Portrait of ‘Kadijatou’ © Ya Ida Drammeh

And, for the ‘Behind-the-Scenes‘ of the photography workshops, we’re uploading images to our Photos Tell Stories FaceBook page on a regular basis – showing the Gambian students and Jason Florio at work (and play!).

Thanks for stopping by…more new and great images from the students coming soon.

The Florios – Helen & Jason

To book a ‘Photos Tell Stories‘ workshop with us – or presentation and slideshow of our ‘River Gambia Expedition‘ and ‘A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush‘ work, please check out the details here

Screen Shot 2014-01-20 at 10.17.26 AM — Image © Julie Grahame / aCurator – The Florios presenting their worlk at Foto Care, NYC, 2013

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