Discover South Caucasus women photographers' new works at Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum
A photograph by Azerbaijani-based creative Melek Bayramli, who has been involved in the TPMM grant programme.
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Photographic works by women from the South Caucasus will be unveiled by the Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum next week to present results of the platform's grant for supporting women and contribute to photographic education in the region.
Viewers will be hosted for a screening of multimedia works by seven participants of the project - representing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - created to shed light on social issues in their respective countries.
The creatives - Lilith Matevosyan and Anahit Hayrapetyan from Armenia, Nata Vahabova and Melek Bayramli from Azerbaijan and Mano Svanidze, Nata Sopromadze and Anka Gujabidze from Georgia - were part of the 2019 project led by Justyna Mielnikiewicz, a Tbilisi-based, award-winning Polish photographer.
Mielnikiewicz - who has led master classes for aspiring photographers in Georgia's picturesque locations along with Yuri Kozyrev and curated Tbilisi Photo Festival - will also moderate a panel talk between the photographers following the screening, presenting a microcosm of the region's photographic field.
The grant for women was held as part of the multi-year Photography Hub for Education and Innovation, a project of the TPMM supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation via the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia.
The Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum is a recently founded institution with a focus on effecting a “social and cultural change” in the South Caucasus region through photography.
A work by Anka Gujabidze, one of three photographers from Georgia featured in the project.
Started in 2018, the TPMM was inspired by the late 19th century Travelling Museum of the Caucasus, which brought exhibits of the South Caucasian cultural heritage to various locations throughout the region.
Among its projects and displays, the museum has hosted series of showcases bringing photographic art to the remote location of Omalo in Georgia’s north-east, collaborated with the World Press Photo Award-winning German photojournalist Thomas Dworzak for a workshop for aspiring photographers and served as a venue for the recent Digital Tbilisi festival for contemporary artists.
The presentation of the photographers' works will be hosted at the TPMM venue, located at 14, Merab Kostava Street in Tbilisi, on February 12.
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