Daro Slakauri was born in Georgia in 1985. Her work has won many awards including 2nd Place in the Young Photographer in the Caucasus Award (Magnum Photos). Of this series, Terror Incognita, she writes, ‘Since December 1994, when war broke out between the Russian-backed central government in Grozny and a determined group of Chechen resistance fighters, Pankisi has witnessed an influx of refugees from Chechnya.
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Daro Sulakauri, Tbilisi, Georgia – Feature Shoot
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Photographers from Central Eurasia to Document Human Rights Issues in Their Home Region
Photographers from Central Eurasia to Document Human Rights Issues in Their Home Region
The Open Society Documentary Photography Project announces winners of the 2012 Production Grant to Individual Photographers from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan.
The 2012 grantees are: Fraidoon Poya (Afghanistan); Fardin Waezi (Afghanistan); Arthur Lumen Gevorgyan (Armenia); Inna Mkhitaryan (Armenia); Sitara Ibrahimova (Azerbaijan); Dina Oganova (Georgia); Daro Sulakauri (Georgia); Darya Komleva (Kazakhstan); and Elyor Nematov (Kyrgyzstan). Their projects are described below.
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daro sulakauri – journey to chechnya
Daro Sulakauri – Journey to Chechnya
Daro Sulakauri Journey to Chechnya [ EPF 2013 SHORTLIST ] Couple of years ago I did a story on Chechen refugees who escaped the deadly war in Chechnya and settled in my country Georgia in pankisi g…
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/12/daro-sulakauri-journey-to-chechnya/
This project is very personal for me, because I am one-third Chechen and I too have witnessed war in my childhood. I feel connected to the people I am documenting. Most importantly I want to follow the women and the young generation who are hoping for a better future by settling back to their homeland.