Creative freedom is not about telling people what to do, but rather about sharing ideas, facts, imagination, and puzzles," says Elyor Nemat, Uzbekistan’s leading documentary photographer and independent digital producer. We also discussed the state of Uzbek photography, which has traditionally been a tool of state propaganda. Nemat notes a certain level of independence, but as a member of the World Press Photo jury, he believes Central Asian photographers are not yet competitive enough. 1/2