Grozny: Nine Cities

Grozny, the capital of war-torn Chechnya, is a melting pot for a Caucasian society in full mutation. It tries to overcome the shock traumatic of two recent wars and finding his own way of life between traditional Chechen values, Muslim traditions and globalization. She attempts to cope with the changing role of women in society, the growing inequality between rich and poor and political games. Olga, Maria and Oksana have been working on this project since 2009. "We were all already The three had been photographers for some time when we met at the occasion of an online seminar organized by the Objective Reality Foundation for young photographers in Russia. After that we decided to make a project together, which led us to create the first collective of photographers in Russia - Verso - whose priority was to cover the social transitions in our country. We come from different worlds, Olga was a journalist, Oksana was an engineer, and Maria was in charge of the development of website. We all came to photography through our passion for the image and the testimony. The idea is to make the little story more forte.