Khusen Rustamov

Khusen Rustamov is a documentary photographer and visual author based in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. His current focus is documenting Central Asia — everyday life, social processes, urban environments, cultural changes, and local communities. Through photography and video, he explores changes taking place around him and creates visual materials that can be preserved as part of the region’s contemporary documentary archive. Rustamov has been working with documentary photography for many years. From 2011 to 2024, he also worked in Russia, and he is now developing his practice in Central Asia, combining direct documentary work with ongoing research into the region. A significant part of his work is dedicated to preserving and openly sharing visual materials. His photographs and videos are available through international open-content platforms and digital archives, including Pixabay, Wikimedia Commons, Pexels, and the Internet Archive.