The Gambia – PHOTOS TELL STORIES

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio

Photography workshops, The Gambia, with Jason Florio

Photography Workshops, The Gambia: Student portrait workshop - Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa, West Africa. Image ©Jason Florio — Photography Workshops, The Gambia: Student portrait workshop – The Gambia, West Africa. Image ©Jason Florio

We had a very timely reminder on FB this morning, about our last photography workshop, in The Gambia, January 2014. Timely, because this time next week we will be holding our next workshop, in-country.

Student portrait photography workshop - The Gambia, West Africa. Image © Ya Ida Drammeh. With Jason Florio — *Photography Workshops, The Gambia*: Image by workshop student, Ya Ida Drammeh

Photography Workshops, The Gambia

January 2014, Photography Workshop, The Gambia: The students spent most the first day in the classroom with their tutor, photographer and filmmaker, Jason Florio, where he covered the following topics: a brief history of photography; what is a photograph; portraiture; environmental portraiture; reportage; landscape photography (including showing the students images from all of our contributing photographers); guides and techniques; what makes a good photograph; rules of photography (rule of thirds, leading lines, etc.); lighting; editing…

Student portrait workshop - Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa. Image by Aisha P.Njie. With Jason Florio — *Photography Workshops, The Gambia:* Image by Aisha P.Njie

The resulting work, by the young students, culminated in an exhibition at Alliance Francaise, in The Gambia

The Gambia - Opening night of Photos Tell Stories exhibition - the photography students with Jason Florio and Helen Jones-Florio — *Photography Workshops, The Gambia:* Opening night of Photos Tell Stories exhibition – the photography students with workshop tutors, Jason Florio and Helen Jones-Florio

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS, THE GAMBIA

Each evening, at the end of the workshop, in each region that we taught, the students’ work was exhibited in the village.

Exhibiting photography students work on a big screen, The Gambia, West Africa ©Jason Florio — Exhibiting the photography students work on a large screen, at night, The Gambia, West Africa ©Jason Florio

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS, THE GAMBIA

Photos Tells Stories exhibition,
Photos Tells Stories exhibition,
Student portrait workshop – Kombos, The Gambia, West Africa
Photos Tell Stories Photography Workshops, The Gambia, West Africa
Student work
Students show off their certificates after completing the workshop
Night show of the students work
Student work
Jason Florio in the photography workshop classroom
Photos Tell Stories in partnership with US Embassy, Banjul, The Gambia
Bakau, The Gambia – thanks to ‘Jekkah’ for the PTS’s tote bags!
Kembujeh, The Gambia
Kartong, The Gambia
Kartong, The Gambia
Image© ALBERT NJIE
Students show off their certificates after completing the workshop
Helen Jones-Florio and Jason on Gambia TV for the opening of Photos Tell Stories exhibition, Alliance Française, Gambia
Press: Photos Tell Stories exhibition, Alliance Française
Exhibition opening night at Alliance Francaise
Thanks to FujiFilm, USA, for the cameras!
Josh Shrager, US Embassy and our sponsors for the workshop
YMCA, Fajara, The Gambia

January 2020 Photography Workshops – Keep an eye out for updates from our next workshop – this time, with young Gambian journalists and their photographs of their Gambia.

Photographer & workshop tutors, Jason Florio & helen Jones-Florio, The Gambia — Teaching movement in photography – workshop tutors, Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio by student Gerald Soweh

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Helen Jones-Florio & Jason Florio - wet plate collodion print portrait courtesy of Marcin Andrzejewski — Helen Jones-Florio & Jason Florio – portrait courtesy of Marcin Andrzejewski

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ThrowbackWednesday: Moto-taxi rides down the mountains of the Fouta Djallon, River Gambia Expedition

River Gambia Expedition: Moto Taxi rider, Ebu, Mali Ville, Fouta Djallon Highlands, Guinea-Conakry © Jason Florio — Moto Taxi rider, Ebu, Mali Ville, Fouta Djallon Highlands, Guinea-Conakry © Jason Florio

‘”It will be cheaper than taking the vehicle!” said Florio – pulling at our over-stretched expedition budget purse-strings – that clinched the deal!…Ebu, very convincingly, stated: “Come, we go now, now!… We will get to Kedougou in two hours… and I will also return tonight, to Mali, with a passenger from Kedougou too!”. In actual fact, we would not reach Kedougou until 10pm that evening! If we had had even a hint that we would be on the back of those motorcycles for almost nine spine-juddering hours, not one of us would have been smiling, and joking, half as much as we did when we set off!’ Words by Helen Jones-Florio / River Gambia Expedition.