Two Worlds, One Street

Two Worlds, One Street Tbilisi, 2026 A selection from a book in progress Russians who left their country after the invasion of Ukraine, and a Georgian family of actors, share Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue in Tbilisi without really meeting. For three months I lived with one of them, a painter, and spent time with the family and their theatre, an outsider with no stake in either side, and was let into both worlds. Currently looking for a publisher. A book dummy is available on request.

Ivan, a Russian painter who left his country. Tbilisi, 2026.

Ivan's drawing class. He met the model, a medical student from India, by chance on the street. Tbilisi, 2026.
The class always breaks for tea at three. Tbilisi, 2026.
Ivan's son, and Luda, who met Ivan by chance. Tbilisi, 2026.
Ivan and his wife, just before she returned to Moscow. Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue, Tbilisi, 2026.
Nodar Dumbadze Theatre, Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue, halfway between the two apartments in this series. Tbilisi, 2026.
Vaxo (Vakhtang Nozadze), a Georgian actor. Tbilisi, 2026.
Vaxo and his friends playing backgammon on the street. Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue, Tbilisi, 2026.
A supra, the long Georgian feast. Vaxo's father, Pavle Nozadze, an Honoured Artist of Georgia, speaks through tears. Tbilisi, 2026.
Pavle Nozadze and his wife, who have loved each other since they were a boy and a girl. Tbilisi, 2026.
Vaxo is made up before a performance of Lambalo da Kasha. Nodar Dumbadze Theatre, Tbilisi, 2026.
A scene from Lambalo da Kasha, a century-old play set in Persia during the First World War. Tbilisi, 2026.
The courtyard where I first stayed, a few minutes from the avenue. Tbilisi, 2026.
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