Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]