A professional photographer who was required by United Airlines to check his camera bag got to his destination to find all of his equipment broken after it had apparently been dropped and opened.
Lifestyle and fashion photographer Anvar Karimov had all of his photo equipment destroyed after arriving in Chicago from Los Angeles leaving him unable to do the job he was traveling for and unsure as to whether he will be able to fulfill his work commitments throughout the summer.
Karimov claims that United is trying to wash its hands of the incident, only offering him $100 travel credit and being generally unresponsive. He estimates the damage to be around $15,000 and doesn’t have equipment insurance.
“I don’t feel defeated, yet,” Karimov tells PetaPixel over the phone. “I’ve never been in a situation like this before but I have so many people messaging me that this happened to them and United has ignored…
