Photography in Uzbekistan

[3] Khudaibergen Devanov's photographs were unique in terms of demonstrating historically significant transition of Central Asian nations to the Soviet Union.

Despite his pioneering in this newly introduced type of visual arts with his ethnographic and documentary photographs in the region, Khudaibergen Devanov was repressed by the Soviet regime and executed in 1940.

Photojournalist Max Penson moved to Uzbekistan in 1915 and demonstrated historical, social, religious and political transformations that took place there under the Soviet influence by his photographs of unveiling and education of woman and children, construction of large-scale projects as Great Fergana Canal and many others.

[8] In 2009, photographer from Uzbekistan Umida Akhmedova, whose images have been published in the photography sections of the online editions of The New York Times,[9] Wall Street Journal[10] and The Globe and Mail,[11] was officially accused of "defamation, insult and slander" of the Uzbek nation.

She was found guilty and though the charges carried a prison sentence of up to three years, they were waived as saying that Akhmedova had been granted an amnesty in honor of the 18th anniversary of Uzbek independence.