Over the Eid break, we spent 8 days in Uzbekistan traveling between Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkand. Although I had been before to Tashkent and Samarkand, this trip was a bit more relaxed with a lot more time for exploring. There is something humbling about standing in a place that has witnessed over six centuries of history. The Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand was once one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world, commissioned by Timur in the early 15th century after his conquest of India. Today it has been partially restored and makes for a beautiful photography subject.
What drew me to this particular frame was the rug left on the ground in the foreground. A small object in an enormous space, it immediately gave the scene a sense of scale. The minaret rising against the deep blue Central Asian sky added the rest.
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