NATELA GRIGALASHVILI - LOST IN THE CITY

“My project intends to explore those people who left their native lands- small cities or villages and took refuge in a big city for survival or a better life. Residing in the suburbs mostly, they casually communicate with similar people, having found a shelter in a town. They have neither strength nor skills or relationships to alter their lives. Over the years, their lives here do not change, and they constantly feel out-casted and alienated from the big city”- Natela Grigalashvili.

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili / Lost in the City

Natela Grigalashvili (1965) is a freelance documentary photographer based in Tbilisi, Georgia. In the past Grigalashvili has worked as a photo reporter as well as a film operator. In the beginning of her career she used to shoot with black-and-white film but for more than a decade Grigalashvili has been taking color photographs with a digital camera. Artist mainly works on long-term documentary projects in the rural areas of Georgia focusing on the lives and issues of people living in villages and provincial cities. While working on a photo series Grigalashvili focuses on the story which is told by the image.