Tag: Uzbekistan
Threshold of light
Bright sunshine and winter cold: ideal conditions for strolling around Registan Square in Samarkand. The stream of tourists, cameras, and colorful flags of organized tours has dissipated, giving… [...]
Market vendor in Bukhara
The city of Bukhara, located on the eastern edge of the Kyzylkum Desert in Uzbekistan, is renowned for its markets, which are located in the historic part of the city. [...]
Sardoba Rabati Malik, under water reservoir
Sardoba Rabati Malik is an 11th-century water reservoir is not far from Navoi. [...]
The Koukeldash Madrasa in Tashkent
The inner courtyard of the Kukeldash Madrasah in Tashkent appears in a pointed arch opening. Built around 1570 during the reign of the Shaybanid Khan Dervish Khan, it… [...]
Morning walk
The morning walk for bread in the countryside of the Jizzakh region, Uzbekistan. Credits : Saxon Bosworth (@saxonbosworth, United Kingdom) Find all of our… [...]
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Patchworks
Leaning over a pile of embroidered fabrics called suzanis, a man wearing an atlas-patterned waistcoat tidies up his shop in the city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Once an important… [...]
Making room
In Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, a table is set and waiting for the next guests. Credits : Novastan Find all of our… [...]
Work in progress
Two stools, a basin and a knife set the scene in the Meros paper factory, in Kunigil, a village near Samarkand. Over a cup of tea, a craftswoman from… [...]
Sunset glints
The day draws to a close in Khiva. The setting sun highlights Itchan Kala, the old city museum, and in particular the Muhammad Rahim Khan Madrasah. Khiva… [...]
Live watermelons or still life?
A few watermelons await their fate in the entrance hall of Kokil Dara Khanagha. Kokildor-Ota Khanaka in Termez, in the far south of Uzbekistan, was originally a resting… [...]
Fall horizon at the Chorsu bazaar
A woman walks through the bustle of the streets of the Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent. Credit: Daria Novikova (Uzbekistan, @dasha.novasha) Find all of… [...]
A condensed history
Where history meets the present, the statue of Amir Temur stands proudly next to one of Tashkent’s most prominent landmarks, Hotel Uzbekistan. This building is one of the… [...]