"SU MA WUHU" (a photo-story)

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I got the opportunity to photograph these photos in a village inside Takoradi; Ghana-West Africa when I went on a humanitarian trip with about 200 other students from my school (Ghana Institute of Journalism). I found this happy children cutting logs with an elderly man near a small hut. What caught my interest was the inscription on the building; "Su Ma Wuhu" which literally means "cry for yourself" or "cry your own cry".

As a young man who has lived in a city (though from a humble background) filled with skyscrapers and fancy cars, you would expect that people living in such a community, deprived of all the glory that comes with living in an urban community, are not happy with the lives they are living. The state in which we found this children and the people of the community at large spoke otherwise.

The name of the village is "ampatano". It is a fishing community located along the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. Interestingly, the community is located right in front of Ghana`s oil field.

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[SHORT DOCUMENTARY] JOURNEY TO THE WEST - Keteke Humanitarian Trip to Funko from Fahd Mahama on Vimeo.

"ROYAL KAYAAYO"

The gentleman holding the truck is a Poet(and a very good friend). I shot this photograph for him to correspond with one of his piece. The title of the piece is "ROYAL KAYAAYO" and it is about life`s journey with regards to it`s struggle and the complexities that it confronts us with.

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The setting is a Street Market (Nima Market) "Kasoa Larba"

Camera: Canon Rebel T3
Lens: 50mm
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 1/250

NO EXTRA GEAR OR LIGHTS (SHOT HANDHELD).
SHOT IN MONOCHROME PICTURE STYLE(Black & White)

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"WONDER" by Summit Boahen (spoken word)

Spoken word piece by @summit_art. Member of @CreativesGhana.
Creative Ghana a movement of artists of different genres. Promoting arts of all forms.

Directed by Fahd Mahama (@fahd_mahama)

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Camera: Canon Rebel T3
Lens: 50mm
Software: Adobe Premiere Pro 

NO EXTRA GEAR OR LIGHTS (SHOT HANDHELD).

(C)  2014
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