Sevindj Nurkiyazova is a freelance journalist and documentary photographer from Kyrgyzstan. Born in 1990, she has been covering life in Central Asia since 2012. She uses photography and writing to explore such topics as women’s rights, family, communities, and violence. Sevindj holds an MFA degree in long-form journalism from New York University and is based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

email: sevindj [at] gmail.com

IG: @sevindjphoto

medium: sevindj.medium.com