{"id":176455310,"date":"2015-06-02T02:57:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T07:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176455310"},"modified":"2015-06-02T02:57:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T07:57:14","slug":"photo-essay-the-photography-of-social-documentarian-mambu-bayoh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2015\/06\/02\/photo-essay-the-photography-of-social-documentarian-mambu-bayoh\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO ESSAY: The Photography of Social Documentarian Mambu Bayoh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afropunk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-176454065\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afropunk.jpg\" alt=\"afropunk\" width=\"403\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afropunk.jpg 575w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/afropunk-300x52.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nolink\">June 1, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\">THE PHOTOGRAPHY<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"> OF SOCIAL<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"> DOCUMENTARIAN<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"> MAMBU BAYOH<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-176455311\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-01.jpg\" alt=\"pix 01\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-01.jpg 750w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-01-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Take a look at these arresting images from New York based photographer\u00a0Mambu Bayoh. The Liberian born Sierra-Leonean artist describes himself as a social documentarian and says that he hopes his photography &#8220;make you appreciate life through my lens&#8221;.\u00a0Explore his work below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span class=\"font-size-3\">By Alexander Aplerku, AFROPUNK Contributor<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176455312\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-02.jpg\" alt=\"pix 02\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-02.jpg 500w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-02-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a 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200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-176455315\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-05.jpg\" alt=\"pix 05\" width=\"500\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-05.jpg 500w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-05-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-176455316\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-06.jpg\" alt=\"pix 06\" width=\"500\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-06.jpg 500w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-06-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-176455317\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-07.jpg\" alt=\"pix 07\" width=\"484\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-07.jpg 484w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-07-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-176455318\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-08.jpg\" alt=\"pix 08\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-08.jpg 500w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-08-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-09.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-176455319\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-09.jpg\" alt=\"pix 09\" width=\"500\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-09.jpg 500w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-09-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-176455320\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-10.jpg\" alt=\"pix 10\" width=\"497\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-10.jpg 497w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pix-10-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staysuckafree.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.staysuckafree.tumblr.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afropunk.com\/profiles\/blogs\/feature-the-photography-of-social-documentarian-mambu-bayoh\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.afropunk.com\/profiles\/blogs\/feature-the-photography-of-social-documentarian-mambu-bayoh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; June 1, 2015 &nbsp; &nbsp; THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF SOCIAL DOCUMENTARIAN MAMBU BAYOH &nbsp; &nbsp; Take a look at these arresting images from New York based photographer\u00a0Mambu Bayoh. The Liberian born Sierra-Leonean artist describes himself as a social documentarian and says that he hopes his photography &#8220;make you appreciate life through my lens&#8221;.\u00a0Explore his work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176455310"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176455310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176455310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176455321,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176455310\/revisions\/176455321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176455310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176455310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176455310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}