Description

Short Description: Discover the soul of Georgia’s highlands in Ushguli, a powerful photobook by acclaimed photographer Gia Chkhatarishvili. Captured between 1991 and 2000, this stunning collection documents the everyday lives, traditions, and breathtaking landscapes of Ushguli, one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe.

Awarded the prestigious Fifty Crows Award by the International Foundation for Documentary Photography in San Francisco (2004), Ushguli is more than just a photo series – it’s a visual archive of resilience, culture, and the untouched beauty of Georgian heritage.

Ideal for photography lovers, travelers, and cultural historians, this book offers a rare and intimate glimpse into a remote village where time seems to stand still.

 

Artist Bio: Gia Chkhatarashvili was born in 1959 in Georgia. He graduated from Tbilisi State University’s Faculty of Philosophy in 1983. Chkhatarashvili became interested in photography during his school years and first exhibited his works in Germany in 1991.

Since then he organized 17 personal and 25 group photo exhibitions in Georgia and abroad.

His photo series “Ushguli” is a winner of “Fifty Crows” Foundation (San Francisco) in 2004. Chkhatarashvili partnered with a number of international organizations, including WFP, NRC, DRC, and with a German magazine “Wostok”.

Chkhatarashvili currently lives and works in Tbilisi as a freelance photographer.