The Dnister is a river in Eastern Europe. It rises in Ukraine, flows through Moldova and Transnistria, and discharges into the Black Sea. After the 1992 Moldova-Transnistria conflict, the river became the borderline. Transnistria receives Russian financial and military support, while Moldova remains pro-European. Moldova’s independence relies on Ukraine’s resistance to Russian aggression and faces a hybrid war through disinformation, political interference, and gas control. In Ukraine’s Odesa region, the Dnister reaches the Black Sea near the country’s largest seaport and main naval base. Since Russia’s invasion, Ukraine has tightened its blockade on Transnistria, and cutting Russian gas transit in 2025 led to an energy crisis. Many young Moldovans, struggling with unemployment and limited education, forcing them to leave the country in search of a better future abroad.

The series portrays a Georgian generation in transition between soviet heritage and western modernity looking for a closeness to Europe. The photographs were taken over the period from 2015 - 2018 in a dialogue with the younger generations about their perspectives, dreams and the daily life in the country. Present Georgia is still shaped by the past and the conservatism of the Georgian Orthodox Church. In the patriarchal society of Georgia most women are expected to submit to the conventions.