WOMEN OF ARTSAKH
On April2,2016,Azere forces attacked all along the contact line the border withNagornoKarabakh,reopening a conflict that had never officially closed in25years.Whole villages have been evacuated to the bombing and displaced families arranged in hotels in the capital Stepanakert.Practically every woman in the country,even the most disinterested previously in military and political issues,was actively involved in the events supporting their soldiers and taking part in every kind of initiative.Every woman have in the family a professional military.Many hold important positions in the government.From the simple mother to the minister of culture women are the soul of Karabakh.They dream of independence made of peace to build a different future for their children.They love intensely,suffer in silence and believe in their traditions.They are brave and fragile.This is their story
Karl Mancini
Karl Mancini is an Italian documentary photographer based out of Rome and Buenos Aires.He worked in more than90countries following socio-historical and political events focusing on issues such as gender violence, war aftermaths, environment, human rights.His longterm work 'Vivir para contarlo/Live to tell' has been awarded at the Sony WorldPhotoAward,Luis Valtueña Humanitarian PhotoAward,Days Japan International Photojournalism Award,Photon Award,Prix Visa del ANI and selected among the finalists of the Alexia Foundation Grant and Leica Oscar Barnack Award.In 2022 and in 2023 he was grantee from the Pulitzer Center for the work "In the name of wellness" on the relation between superfood crops and the Latin American neocolonialism and his research on the effects of climate change on people and the planet.His works have been exhibited worldwide and have been featured in important magazines such as Newsweek,Stern,Der Spiegel, National Geographic,Vanity Fair,CNN,GEO,El pais,Die Zeit.
