05.04.2022

“You can’t do anything here except work in the mine” was the most common phrase Natela heard.

The town refused to die: Georgia’s struggling coal mines

Natela Grigalashvili

08.13.2024

A gray and looming complex, stretching for blocks along Georgia’s East-West highway, has become the defining feature of Zestaphoni.

Zestaphoni, the heart of Georgian industry, through the lens of photographer Natela Grigalashvili

Natela Grigalashvili