We’ve been extremely busy over the last couple of weeks, since beginning the first ‘Photos Tell Stories: teaching photography – a visual language‘ – here in The Gambia, West Africa – the first one being a 4-day workshop, where our students produced some inspired work. And, we are just about to run out again to meet with those students, to present them with their ‘Certificates of Attendance’. However, we just wanted to share these images of a couple of yesterdays photography students, proudly showing off their certificates, from a 1-day workshop we held in the village of Kembujeh.
Kembujeh student: Sally Asamoah
We have great images to share with you from the students, which we will upload soon. However, please bear with us as tomorrow we head up-country, to Farafenni and Soma, to hold more 1-day ‘Photos Tell Stories’ workshops.
Thanks for stopping by – please come back to see how well our Gambian photography students have been doing.
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We’ll be posting more of the students images from the initial 4-day workshop very soon. Later this week, we start to take the workshops on the road – for 1-day ‘Village Photography Workshops‘ – to more rural and up-country areas of The Gambia. We’re looking forward to this as it’s these areas that both of us spend most of time in, whenever we travel to the country.
Our first stop will be the small village of Kembujeh – which is in the area where Jason photographed much of his ‘Makasutu-mecca in the forest‘ series of portraits; taken over a period of 12 years. We’ll no doubt be stopping for tea at fisherman, Abdou Ndong’s compound, in the village – a favorite ‘Makasutu’ subject and great friend of Jason’s over the years.
Abdou was also one the fishermen who came on the ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey’ (2013-14), along with Ebou Jarju, who is kindly helping us to arrange the photography students for the Kembujeh workshop.
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After direction from workshop photographer and tutor, Jason Florio, it was time for our Gambian students to get behind the camera. And, they were very vocal and clear in directing their fellow photography students. Using Jason’s backdrop, dating back to the 1940’s – which he has used over many years in much of his portraiture work – here are just a few examples of what the students produced that day – we think they did really rather well.
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa. Image by Aisha P.Njie
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa
Khadjiatou – AKA ‘African Woman’We didn’t escape direction either! Photographer, Jason Florio, and workshop producer, Helen Jones-FlorioCathrineAishaMuhammed, Kadji, Muhammed, Ay Ida, Omar, CatherineGeraldMuhammedFlorence and KhadjiMuhammed 1, Muhummed 2 and OmarFlorenceLucia and Muhammed
We’ll be posting more soon about the rest of the above urban workshop, and our plans to take ‘Photos Tell Stories’ on the road to more rural Gambian villages and towns.
To find out more about how we can bring ‘Photos Tell Stories ‘to you, please contact helen.jones@floriophoto.com
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