Black Garden

Together, the photographs present the strange reality of life in Nagorno-Karabakh. Everywhere the stigmata of war are present. It is visible both in the landscape and on the faces of its inhabitants. A decor that is not without reminding us of the violence of the war. A "frozen" conflict that can resurface at any moment. So, how does everyday life resonate when one lives in a perpetually suspended time on the brink of war? How does such an existence affect culture, traditions, architecture? This project, which began in 2016, seeks to understand the inhabitants of this region, their struggle for independence and why, despite years of unrest, they remain committed to this cause. For the majority of the inhabitants, living here is an act of resistance. They are the characters, inevitably tragic, of an endless war. In a world imbued with patriotism and military culture, where misfortunes and intimate dramas feed the collective heroism. It is both a documentation of his past and present, and an attempt to understand his future.