Daro Sulakauri (B. 1985) is a Georgian photojournalist. She graduated from the International Center of Photography in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism program in New York.
She is best known for her photo story “Terror Incognita”, documenting lives of Chechen refugees, who escaped the deadly war in Chechnya. Daro received 2nd place in Magnum Foundation’s Young Photographer in the Caucasus Award , ICP’s Director fund and John & Marie Phillips Scholarship, won LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards, EU Prize for Journalism, best photo from Human Right House in London and was named as PDN's 30 emerging Photographers to watch and featured in the American Photography 25.
Her work can been seen in publications such as NatGeo, Forbes (USA), Mother Jones, Sunday Times, New York Times Lens,The Economist, Bloomberg, other...
watch. She is a participant of World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass 2017.
She is currently based in Caucasus region.
Each year, across rural Georgia, thousands of young women drop out of school in order to be married. The bride’s consent is not required. This report sheds some light on this little-known human rights violation.
