Irreversibly a prisoner of the Caucasus, Thomas Dworzak assembles his nostalgic monochrome work alongside quotations from nineteenth-century Russian romantic literature.

“This is a toast to the Caucasus, and through the Caucasus to Georgia. This place, at a very young age, taught me about life — in the horrors of war, in the beauty of peace. A toast to all its people, regardless of nationality or tradition. May God give them peace. I would like to thank you for your hospitality, and for having allowed me to be part of your lives, your culture and your reality; for having taken me for what I am and as one of yours; for having allowed me to live alongside you, in passion and obsession. Thank you for the everlasting friendship. Meeting you was the most beautiful thing that could have happened in my life.”