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Slowly edging you into the world of authoritarianism, through a newly constructed city of illusions and lies. Strategic ...
19/11/2019

Slowly edging you into the world of authoritarianism, through a newly constructed city of illusions and lies. Strategic Object - Baku, Azerbaijan (2013 - 2017). Scrutinising the makings of a fake metropolis; a modern-day Potemkin village, as a political strategy to present the veneer of progress and associated democratic freedoms. image 2 / 33

Strategic Object - Baku, Azerbaijan (2013 - 2017). Scrutinising the makings of a fake metropolis; a modern-day Potemkin ...
12/11/2019

Strategic Object - Baku, Azerbaijan (2013 - 2017). Scrutinising the makings of a fake metropolis; a modern-day Potemkin village, as a political strategy to present the veneer of progress and associated democratic freedoms. image 1 / 33

04/03/2019

Almost a year ago I began a new project in Georgia - a journey along the new Silk Road, a newly constructed railway, which begins in Azerbaijan, flows through Georgia and finishes in northern Turkey (Kars) – to visually explore what has been heralded by key funders: SOFAZ (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) as a modern-day gateway to Europe: promising renewed unity and prosperity. But to what extent will this so-called democratic railroad bring change and perhaps leverage Georgia’s integration into the European Union? Seen by critics as a moot development; skeptical it will not provide any greater prosperity or democracy but only serve the purpose of boosting the geopolitical importance of Baku in the region; transporting Azerbaijan’s oil-wealth to Europe whilst further isolating its neighbour, Armenia.

Picture Sunday, what shall it be? Today is Sasha's day. Last year, one bitterly cold December day myself and a friend ca...
03/03/2019

Picture Sunday, what shall it be? Today is Sasha's day. Last year, one bitterly cold December day myself and a friend called Devi went out to Ponichala, a micro-rayon of Tbilisi. I had been a couple of times before and was resolute this is where I would meet young Tbilisians - not hipsters (yawn) but the real youth of Tbilisi with more real, honest dreams. But it was bitterly cold with the wind gnawing into your bones - no one was hanging outside. But what we did find though was Genia; walking down the street with a flow of about seven dogs following her. We caught up to chat and then she invited us back to her home. This turned out to be an old train wagon, where on arrival we were greeted with even more dogs, barking and yapping and her husband Sasha. I'm not sure the picture does justice to just how full with things their wagon was and my god even more cats and dogs who were pi***ng everywhere... but Genia and Sasha seemed immune to this detail. Personally, dog p**s on my bed will never work for me.

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the cutting room floor... CRF [2]
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CRF [1] - I always think an edit of ten pictures for a work in progress grant application is brutal... but it's done - s...
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CRF [1] - I always think an edit of ten pictures for a work in progress grant application is brutal... but it's done - sent off to the eyes of the unknown. Lets see... meanwhile lets share some more from the cutting room floor...

[10] out in the Georgian wilderness, journeying along the new silk road...
23/02/2019

[10] out in the Georgian wilderness, journeying along the new silk road...

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