Photographer, Umida Akhemdova, was convicted of publishing a picture that was said to intentionally show village life, in Uzbekistan, in an “unflattering light.” She was found guilty of “slandering and insulting” the Uzbek people, but was granted amnesty in honor of the anniversary of Uzbek independence.
People, artists really, are scared to state their opinion or show their work with the possibility that it could be seen as offensive or “against the government.” They can’t freely state what they feel or see. It’s almost like they are caged away from their true potential or their inner artistic reality. Akhemdova now doesn’t think that she would ever be able to sell or publish her work because of this incident and hopefully can have it repealed. She is a talented photographer and doesn’t deserve to have her work so cruelly judged for showing what she saw. It is understandable that they could see her picture as offensive, but artists show what they see. The world doesn’t have to share it, but they shouldn’t shut down what they don’t fully understand.
If this had ever happened to me I probably wouldn’t take it well. I think that people should state their opinions. Show who they are and what they stand for. Fake isn’t real, and this isn’t a fake world. The world is real, why shouldn’t the people be as well?
(This is the picture that started it all)
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