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Giorgi Kolbaia

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Giorgi Kolbaia

Namokhvani

Observations of the day-to-day life in Rioni Valley following the grassroots movement against the Namokhvani HPP cascade and the imminent flooding of the entire Lechkhumi region. Members of the movement erected a camp in the valley and maintained their positions for more than 488 days. Their unwavering determination thwarted every effort made by the company and the police to recommence the construction process, until the contract was ultimately nullified and rendered void.

Giorgi Kolbaia

Giorgi Kolbaia is a Georgian photographer and co-founder of “Alikvali”, space for visual arts in Tbilisi. He started working as a freelance photographer in 2015 and since then he has collaborated with numerous local and international magazines, galleries and NGOs, such as Indigo magazine, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Goethe Institute, USAID, etc. His recent article won The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics’ prize for the best photo-reportage.