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Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on May 22, 2014 11:34:49 GMT 5.5
Dina Oganova, a 27 year old Georgian photographer, has been working to prove to her countrymen that photography is a profession. Quite like it is here in Manipur, it seems photography as a profession is a terra incognita in that country. Georgia is a country with three major separatist regions of Abkhazia, Ajara and South Ossetia, with these small regions being influenced much by Russia. The regions have been constantly in a conflict situation, and there have been fights which are officially called conflicts but Dina Oganova says, "No one said that it was a war; everyone said that it was a conflict. But I can’t say that. When a lot of people die, when you lose your friends, it’s not just a conflict. It’s a war.”
Dina Oganova
While most Georgian journalists have turned their attention to the encroaching threat of Russia, Oganova has been capturing everyday moments of Georgian life in a stylistic manner. A mixture of everydayness and stylisticness, her photography stands out distinctly. Her photography is quiet, but there is something unquiet in the depth of it. This is the soul of her photography. The following photographs are from her 45 photo I am Georgia project.
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Post by Somak Meitei on May 24, 2014 18:04:27 GMT 5.5
Dina Oganova is a 27 year old Georgian photographer, who has been working to prove photography is a profession in her country. Georgia is a country with three major separatist regions of Abkhazia, Ajara and South Ossetia, with these small regions being influenced much by Russia. The regions have been constantly in a conflict situation, and there have been fights which are officially called conflicts but Dina Oganova says, "No one said that it was a war; everyone said that it was a conflict. But I can’t say that. When a lot of people die, when you lose your friends, it’s not just a conflict. It’s a war.”
Dina Oganova
While most Georgian journalists have turned their attention to the encroaching threat of Russia, Oganova has been capturing everyday moments of Georgian life in a stylistic manner. A mixture of everydayness and stylisticness, her photography stands out distinctly. Her photography is quiet, but there is something unquiet in the depth of it. This is the soul of her photography. The following photographs are from her 45 photo I am Georgia project.
I read your post about a Georgian photographer very engrossingly but because of my extremely poor ability to think something highly,what the photos are intended to signify is beyond me,but I am enjoying the opportunity of chancing on them, being unparalleled.Are the photos related to the point that can differentiate 'war' and 'conflict'? Thanks |
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Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on May 25, 2014 14:24:17 GMT 5.5
I was just quoting Oganova to show that she does photography with a sharp sensibility of her country's political uncertainties, though she rather captures daily life situations in a stylized form than "conflict/war". In fact she is not allowed in the conflict/war zones--Abkhazia, Ajara and South Ossetia, because she holds a Georgian passport. Though these secessionist/autonomous territories are de jure within Georgian boundaries, they are de facto independent states supported by Russia (with its army platoons in them).
Though Oganova does not work from there, these zones occupy a more or less central position in her consciousness, which is quite an irony. It is like a fight without fighting, while the tension is there. This tension, I think, is quietly perceptible in many (but not all) of her I am Georgia photos (please follow the link in my post above). |
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