Giorgi Shengelia
Project Description
I didn’t know if River Alazani knew how to flow fast. I noticed it when I went near the river, in the village Jokolo. In the villages, on both banks of Alazani, life has its speed, its sound and variety.
At the end of the winter, when I was in Pankisi, the valley was completely covered in snow.
Everything was breathing silently, while waiting for spring.
I could hear the breath of nature and the sound of silence.
I tried to capture nature’s preparation for revival to show the silent beauty of the valley.
Bio
Giorgi Shengelia was born in 1984 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated in Power Engineering and Telecommunication from Georgian Technical University in 2006 and moved to Florence, Italy with his family. It was while living there that he developed his interest in art and photography and in 2012 he decided to follow the courses of photojournalism at Fondazione Studio Marangoni. After completing his first personal project (Four Rooms on everyday life of Georgian women migrants in Italy) he returned to Tbilisi where he works as a freelance photographer. In parallel with his documentary work, he develops a more plastic and more artisanal photography.
Honourable Mention
Series Title
Sound of Silence
Website
Category
Hariban Award 2023