CULTURETECHLENSMalik Zambezi
VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)
Combined Graph record U-07519 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6333.
Malik Zambezi is a Chicago-based documentary and street photographer working as 'Malik Shot You,' photographing people and places in Chicago communities not often represented. The Citizen Newspaper Group profiled his photography art walks through Chicago neighborhoods, the first running in Bronzeville from Metcalfe Park to Shawn Michelle's on 47th Street in October 2025. He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Malik Zambezi is a Chicago-based documentary and street photographer working as 'Malik Shot You,' photographing people and places in Chicago communities not often represented. The Citizen Newspaper Group profiled his photography art walks through Chicago neighborhoods, the first running in Bronzeville from Metcalfe Park to Shawn Michelle's on 47th Street in October 2025. He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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- Also known as: Malik Shot You
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An aggregator claim that he is a firefighter/EMT circulates in AI-generated summaries only; it is NOT carried — no citable source states it. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Photographer and Visionary, Malik Shot You.
Sources
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Malik Zambezi as Photographer and Visionary, Malik Shot You, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- The Citizen Newspaper Group, October 8, 2025 (accessed 2026-10-21): profiles Malik Zambezi ('Malik Shot You'), his documentary photography of underrepresented Chicago communities, and his neighborhood photography art walks beginning in Bronzeville. (build store)
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Chicago: CultureTechLens. “Malik Zambezi (CTL-E-6333).” CultureTechLens Combined Graph. Chicago, IL: CultureTechLens, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-6333/
APA: CultureTechLens. (2026). Malik Zambezi (CTL-E-6333) [Entity record]. CultureTechLens Combined Graph. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-6333/
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