Uzbekistan have done themselves no favours on this one…they found photographer and documentary maker Umida Akhmedova guilty. Luckily for her, the judge decided that as it was the, er, 18th anniversary of Uzbeck independence, he would waive the potential three year prison sentence. Phew, what a lucky coincidence. I doubt her ‘let off’ had anything to do with all the noise surrounding this story..
In case you’ve missed it, Umida was being prosecuted for ‘defaming Uzbekistan by showing it in an unflattering light through her photographs and films’. Indeed, the prosecutors themselves said “a foreigner unfamiliar with Uzbekistan will conclude that this is a country where people live in the Middle Ages.” Oh, the irony.
Well, when I looked at this pic of Umida’s, I naturally assumed that everyone there lives in pots. I think they must, look, here’s a pic of them:
Take a few moments to look at Umida’s work…because, well, you owe it to her.
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well one party in this legal battle makes the country look backward and it sure isn’t the photographer
They’re just cooking their dinner … mind you some of those kids look a bit tough to eat