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Irakli Dzneladze

Photographer

Irakli Dzneladze

Trees of Dream

For the last 3 years, I’m taking photos of a process how the trees of my country are replanting.
Georgian businessman Bedzina Ivanishvili decided to create an arboretum on the shores of the Black Sea near his residence in Shekvetili.
He buys every piece of land where the tree he needs grows. That is why the territory is private property, so it is difficult to get permission to shoot.
For 4 years he plans to transport over 200 trees from different regions of Georgia to his new arboretum.
All the trees that have been replanted on his order are more than 100 years old. Replanting and transporting are too complicated processes. The tulip tree, which was replanted first, did not survive into a new place. It was given to people on firewood.

Irakli Dzneladze

Iraklii Dzneladze was born on November 11,1986, in Batumi, Georgia. After finishing the local theological gymnasium, he entered Rerich School of Arts, Fine art faculty in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.It was a place,where he had been interested in photography and journalism for the first time.Irakli's got profession of artist-restorer and returned to Batumi in 2004.He had been studying journalism at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University for 4 years.Since then photography became an integral part of his life.In 2012-2013 participated in the program Eurodyssee in Paris.For the one year, he had been working in the sphere of documentary photography. Irakli had 11 personal exhibitions and more than 25 group exhibitions.He is the author of the projects:“Historical photo:Inhabitants of Batumi”,"The Door".Also, Irakli Dzneladze is the Artists' Club F/11 founder in Georgia.One of the founders and manager of the Contemporary art space Batumi 2014-2019.