For nearly three decades between 1921 to 1949, photographer Max Penson chronicled the profound transformations in Uzbekistan.
The Forgotten Photographer Of Soviet Uzbekistan
As Central Asia was transformed under Soviet rule, one man made a remarkable record of life in the fledgling Uzbek S.S.R. before being driven from his career and toward tragedy.
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A boy serving as a "Live Emblem" during a march in central Tashkent. The banner proclaims a readiness "for labor and defense!"
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A stockpile of newly picked cotton.
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A picker flops himself onto a pile of freshly gathered cotton.
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A high-stakes tightrope walker in the 1940s.