CULTURE
AzerTAc photo correspondent wins 7th Tashkent International Photo Biennale
Photo correspondent of Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency (AZERTAC) Ilgar Jafarov has won the 7th Tashkent International Photo Biennale.
His “The cry of a heart or a lost childhood” photo series earned him a gold medal in “The best documentary photo project” nomination.
Jafarov`s project features 10 photos which he took in Nagorno-Karabakh region during the war. The photos reflect the horrors of war that saw Azerbaijani civilians have their homeland occupied by the Armenian armed forces.
Azerbaijani photographers Zemfira Mahmudova and Arzu Murvatova ranked first and third in “The best documentary photo project” nomination respectively.
Photographers from 32 countries submitted nearly 1,500 works to the jury of the Biennale this year.
The Biennale featured competition in several nominations, including “The best documentary photo project”, “The best conceptual photo project”, “The best supervisor project”, and “The best feature photography”.