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Across the Mountains: The South Caucasus Photography, Volume 1 – MOMA, TBILISI



From 21 September to 11 October 2019, the Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in Tbilisi, Georgia, is presenting the exhibition ‘Across the Mountains: The South Caucasus Photography, Volume 1.’

The project initiated by the Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum for the Tbilisi Photo Festival 2019 is a unique initiative that brings together, in one exhibition space, artists working across the South Caucasus region—Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

The exhibition includes more than 20 projects by photographers, who work in various genres from documentary and photojournalism to contemporary art projects. Multimedia, video and film projects are also part of the exhibition.

The exhibition is produced under the project South Caucasus Photography Hub for Education and Innovation funded by the Swiss Cooperation Agency in South Caucasus. It aims to facilitate a dialogue between authors working in the Caucasus region who cover the tough topics that society rarely wants to bring into the open. 

The main topics include modern society and changing traditional values; gender with a focus on women rights and masculinity; modern conflicts and immigration; and minorities, denied and marginalised by society. 

Special guests of the project will be the cross-border storytelling platform Chai Khana and a film program by Salaam Cinema Baku.

The exhibition, curated by Anna Shpakova, opens on 21 September and close on 11 October to coincide with the Tbilisi Photo Festival 2019.


Elturan Mammadov, Human Habits (2011-2018)

Ehtiram Jabi, Magar (2016)

Karen Mirzoyan, I'm Part of Send Me Send You Square Selfie Generation (2017)

Karen Mirzoyan, I'm Part of Send Me Send You Square Selfie Generation (2017)

Mery Aghakhanyan, My Lovely Land, My Home, I Miss You ... (2018)

Nazik Armenakyan, The Stamp of Loneliness (2010-2014)

Dina Oganova, Me Too (2016-2019)

Rena Effendi, Liquid Land (2005-2010)

Ilkin Huseynov, We Apologise for the Temporary Inconvenience (2016-2017


Tbel Abuseridze, Sera Dzneladze & Nkoloz Urushadze, This Is Embarassing (2019)


Nata Sopromadze, Immortals (2019)

Ehtiram Jabi, Magar (2016)

Anka Gujabidze, Death to Mosquitos during the Summer Days (2018)

Karen Mirzoyan, I'm Part of Send Me Send You Square Selfie Generation (2017)

Karen Mirzoyan, I'm Part of Send Me Send You Square Selfie Generation (2017)

Piruza Khalapyan, Mental Hospital (2018)

Sitara Ibrahimova, A Woman's Journey (2017-2019)




MARTINA NICOLLSis an international aid and development consultant, and the authorof:- Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom(2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).

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