Daring photos show womanhood and forbidden love in contemporary Uzbekistan
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        The Eastern European projects shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        How the playful portraiture of 100-year-old Valentina Rusu Ciobanu captured a century of Moldovan life
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Virtual reality exhibition celebrates experimental portraits of Moldova’s authors
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Wedding dresses, bison, and naked paratroopers: the best Belarusian photographers to follow on Instagram
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        ‘Be anyone! Be yourself!’: an Instagram project celebrating Ukraine’s diversity
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        A Siberian photographer contemplates life in an isolated place
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Evgenia Arbugaeva’s portrait of Greta Thunberg for Time’s Person of the Year is a celebration of courage
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        In bloom: see a generation blossom in Latvia’s magical wilderness
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        In rural Poland, a mother cuts her own path
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Young blood: a new generation of teenage talent is reinventing Tashkent
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        This is America: celebrating NYC’s diversity, one portrait at a time
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Brazen youth: an ode to St Petersburg’s exuberant spirit
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Kiev grunge: the photographer capturing timeless portraits of Ukrainian youth
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Life in focus: my camera helped me come to terms with my mental health
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Andrzej Wróblewski: the artist who tackled Poland’s post-war trauma in debut London solo show
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Defiant bodies: meet the photographer behind these tender portraits of Tbilisi’s queer community
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Mysterious Stalin portrait has Moscow museum stumped