Umida Akhmedova
Umida Akhmedova Umida (from Persian Omideh) Tukhtamuradovna Akhmedova, also known as Umida Ahmedova, (Умида Тухтамурадовна Ахмедова, born October 21, 1955, Parkent, Uzbekistan) is a photographer and photojournalist working and living in Central Asia. She currently resides in Uzbekistan and is married to filmmaker Oleg Karpov. In 2010 she was convicted of " slander of the Uzbek nation" after making a documentary. Work As a photographer she has participated in exhibitions addressing urban and rural issues and has collaborated on film and book projects including the presentation of the short film ''The Burden of Virginity'' . As an Associated Press photographer, her images have been published in the photography sections of the online editions of The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal[6] and the Globe and Mail. As a photojournalist and artist she has worked onprojects dedicated to exploring issues of human rights.