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Subject: [Leica] IMG: the work of a photographer facing trial in Uzbekistan
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:46:10 -0800
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The fact that they have such a trial shows that those bastards live in the
Middle Ages :-)

Oh wait, what's this about British Police and photographers?!

May be the 21st Century is the new Middle Ages :-(

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> Quote:
>
> "A foreigner who has never been to Uzbekistan, but who is familiar with
> this album, would reach the conclusion that this is a country where people
> live in the Middle Ages.?
>
> Which they do. Except that the bastards who rule them have access to modern
> technology.
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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>
>
> On Feb 22, 2010, at 2:38 AM, Vince Passaro wrote:
>
> > Human Rights Watch has been tracking the case of a young female Uzbek
> > photographer who has made authorities angry because her pictures capture
> > aspects of life they find embarassing and politically charged. The
> > photographs themselves -- a dozen of them on the HRW web site -- are very
> > good, very Leica-M8-looking to my eye; plus I thought luggers in general
> > would want to be aware of the political consequences in some parts of the
> > world that come from  photographing, for instance, a weeping bride
> embracing
> > her father.
> >
> > Check out the site and the photos here:
> > http://www.hrw.org/en/features/umida-ahmedova-photographer-facing-trial
> >
> > Many thanks for taking a look.
> >
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In reply to: Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] IMG: the work of a photographer facing trial in Uzbekistan)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: the work of a photographer facing trial in Uzbekistan)