gil bartz – baku’s refugee settlements

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Gil Bartz – Baku’s Refugee Settlements

Dana Stolzgen Baku’s Refugee Settlements [ EPF 2013 SHORTLIST ] After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Azerbaijan gained independece. But the early years of independence were oversha…

via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/07/gil-bartz-bakus-refugee-settlements/

This body of work is an ongoing project about people and families from Azerbaijan who have to live with the consequenses of a restrictive social environment and the arbitrariness of rich Azeris and investors. It is my aim to document their current  life in this conflict and the eviction of thousands of families in the nearest future.