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
Aisha and Omar by Lucia Mendy – Photos Tell Stories photography workshop, The Gambia
Just a glimpse of the exciting work our Gambian ‘Photos Tell Stories‘ photography workshop students are producing…and this is only day two: portraiture
We have just completed day two of ‘Photos Tell Stories, teaching photography – a visual language‘. Our Gambian students have been sent home early with their Fujifilm digital cameras – their assignment is to shoot their interpretation of ‘home’; taking on board everything that Jason has taught them so far over the last two days. When they return to the classroom tomorrow, we will review and edit their images with them.
Yesterday, we told the students that Jason would be teaching them about portrait photography today. So, we asked the students to wear something that they would like to be photographed in – to dress in way that they felt truly represents who they are. Friday being a big prayer day, here in a predominantly Muslim country, many Gambians wear very traditional outfits. What most of the girls turned up was their take on the traditional outfit – African prints with a Western twist. The style and colors were couldn’t have been better for the photographs that they took of each other!
I’ve been documenting Jason over the last couple of days – him working with the students – and, I’ve pulled together just a few of these images and made an album for our Photos Tells Stories Facebook page, which you can check out here.
We’ll be showcasing the work of our students over the coming days – we definitely have more than one or two budding photographers in the classroom.
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