2012 Photography workshops by Nikos Economopoulos
No name is so evocative of the silk road as Samarkand. For most people it has the mythical resonance of Atlantis, fixed in the Western popular imagination by poets and playwrights of bygone eras, few of whom saw the city in the flesh.
From the air your eye locks onto the domes and minarets, and on the ground the sublime, larger-than-life monuments of Timur, the technicolour bazaar and the city’s long, rich history, indeed work some kind of magic.
Central Asia’s holiest city, Bukhara has buildings spanning a thousand years of history, and a thoroughly lived-in old centre that probably hasn’t changed much in two centuries. It is one of the best places in Central Asia for a glimpse of pre-Russian Turkestan.
Most of the centre is an architectural preserve, full of medressas, a massive royal fortress and the remnants of a once-vast market complex.
Dates:
5-16 June 2012 (11 days)
Deadline for booking:
2 weeks before the starting date of the workshop.
Workshop location:
To be announced.
Accommodation info:
Samarkand, 5-10 June, Kamilla Hotel (27€ single room)
Bukhara, 10-16 June, Grand Nodirbek Hotel (27€ single room)
For further details and booking, please contact Marianna:
© Gueorgui Pinkhassov/Magnum
Samarkand-Bukhara, Uzbekistan (11 days)
