Théâtre municipal

I am Georgia

 

Du lundi au vendredi : 14:00 – 18:00
Samedi et dimanche : 10:00 – 18:00

Vernissage : Samedi 18 novembre à 13:30

1, place du théatre
26200 Montélimar

Sakartvelo (Georgian : Georgia ) –  is my home country and I‘m very happy and proud that I was born and raised up here.It’s a very small  but country with a  big heart. Population is around 4 millions people, which 1/3 prefer to live in capital – Tbilisi.Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is bounded to the west by the Black Sea ,to the north by Russia ,to the south by Turkey and Armenia and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. Georgia is one of the 15 republics of the formerly USSR.After break up the Soviet Union (1991) it became independent. There are a lot of refugees because of the civil war(1992) and war with Russia(2008)We lost our paradise parts of country ( Abkhazia and South Ossetia)..Since the war, breakaway regions are under Russian occupation, but legally they are still part of Georgia. Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent countries.People in Georgia are very traditional. We have a lots of tradition holidays, especially religious holidays in different part of Georgia. About 80% of the population are Orthodox .Georgia is something special for me and it’s always hard to explain with words .It’s a biggest love, pain and happiness at the same time, fresh air and new sounds, real people with real stories around, friends and family album ,red wine, mountains and waves, beautiful dance and smell of the past ,magic …It’s a dreamland.
“I Am Georgia” is my life project .(2007-…. )

26/12/1987
Georgian,documentary photographer working on a personal, long term projects mostly in Georgia and Post Soviet Countries, freelancer .
In 2012 won her first Production Grant from Open Society Foundation to Individual photographers from Centraal Asia, The South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia and Pakistan and in the same year attend the workshop with Thomas Dworzak (Magnum ), Yuri Kozirev (Noor) ,Adrian Kelterborn and Andrei Polikanov.
In 2013 was selected among world 12 best young photographers to attend World Press Photo’s Joop Swart Masterclass. It should be noted that Dina was first Georgian photographer who was selected and attended Joop Swart Masterclass ,which is more than 20 years already and very important in photography world.
In 2014 was selected as one of 30 best women photographers under the age of 30.
In 2015 from PDN was named among 30 best emerging photographers to watch under the age of 30 and in the same year was finalist at Wallis Annenberg Prize.
Her Long term projects : “ I Am Georgia “, “My Place “ and “Frozen Waves “ was exhibited in : France, Italy,Spain, USA, Poland, Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Singapore and Georgia .

Bibliographie

Dina Oganova is an author of the first Georgian handmade limited edition ( 87 ) photo book “My Place”, which is about new generation of Georgia . First generation living after the Soviet Union collapse and raised up in the independent country .
Book is in the personal collection of several museums, including the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Now working on a second handmade limited edition book : « Frozen Waves « .

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