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empty nest

Forest - Metamorphosis

empty nest

Teona GogichaishvilibyTeona Gogichaishvili
16 de March de 2026
in Photo Essay

Selected in Prêmio Portfólio FotoDoc 2026

“empty nest” reflects on the cycles of life, transformation, and enduring bonds. Through poetic double exposures and intimate staged scenes, the series explores the passage from one stage to another: how we change, yet nothing truly disappears, only shifts in form… Nature frames this journey, offering solace, continuity, and reflection on where we come from and where we are going…

The series also examines friendship and intergenerational connections: two women navigate absence, reading letters to their sons, holding one another, and tracing personal histories, like the letter from my mother I see in the mirror from the day I left Georgia for Germany. Empty Nest is a meditation on care, loss, memory, and renewal, inviting the viewer to experience transformation as a space of intimacy and hope.

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Teona Gogichaishvili

Teona Gogichaishvili

Teona Gogichaishvili is a Georgian-born artist, photographer, and educator based in Germany. Working at the intersection of artistic and documentary photography, her practice explores themes of home, migration, memory, and female identity. Through photographic series and narrative video works, she investigates personal and collective experiences of transformation and belonging. Alongside her artistic practice, she teaches photography and has been involved in international photography initiatives, including the co-organization of the Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival. Her work has been exhibited internationally and engages with feminist perspectives and questions of cultural diversity.

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