Trains move slowly through the landscape of Georgia, and that's exactly how Vakho Khetaguri likes it. The photographer, who works in stark black and white, recently exhibited his ongoing project on a form of transport that was once considered the height of progress in Georgia -- but is now used mostly by low-income travelers.
On The Rails In Georgia
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Women return to their villages after a day spent selling crops in Tbilisi.
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Women carrying water from a spring several kilometers away from their village in the Tskhinvali region.
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A winter night in Tbilisi.
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A boy stands at the window of a train, as it passes through the Borjomi Gorge.
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Passengers ride on the Tbilisi-Kutaisi route.
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Passing suburbs on a winter evening
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A passenger watches the landscape as his train rolls through Uplistsikhe.
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A passenger against the backdrop of a settlement for internally displaced persons, constructed after Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia.
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A smoker and disused trains in Tbilisi
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This family lives in an old building near the railroad. They earn their living by collecting scrap metal.
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An out-of-service railroad line in Rustavi
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A pathway glimpsed from the Borjomi-Tbilisi route