Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/21

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: the work of a photographer facing trial in Uzbekistan
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:52:46 -0500
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Well that's good news. Odd that HRW hasn't updated the site or else I missed
it. I hope the pictures are worth a look anyway.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Chris Crawford <
chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> This is old news. She was convicted a few weeks ago, then immediately
> pardoned by the government...probably because of international pressure.
>
>
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> On 2/21/10 8:38 PM, "Vince Passaro" <passaro.vince at gmail.com> 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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Replies: Reply from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] IMG: the work of a photographer facing trial in Uzbekistan)
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