Umida Akhmedova is a photographer in Uzbekistan and she took a photo of a Uzbek boy that showed village life in an unflattering light. (the photo pretty much made it look like life is horrible over there) The photo caused problems with the country's censorship. Prosecutors said the she intentionally made their quality of life look poor. But Akhmedova says she is offended that she could go to prison over her art. She is simply trying to express herself. She says art is not always happy things, sometimes they are deeper and could be darker. Everything is not always happy and she wants to express deeper meaning in her art work. She think is it is not fair that her country keeps all its artists from creating what they want.
The picture of the boy is actually just a young kid laying down in a building under repair. He does not live in the dangerous conditions but is curious to see the strange room. All Uzbekistan people know this but it gives a different meaning to foreigners. This is why the country's leaders are upset with Akhmedova's photograph- it gives the wrong message to people.
The indepentent artists do not make much money off their work and feel it is unethical that they cannot show most of their work.
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