​I grew up in Tbilisi with a blue Nokia 5300 in my pocket – a birthday gift that turned my world into a series of experiments with color and light. That childhood curiosity eventually led me to a Zenit 122, where I learned the slow, disciplined magic of analogue photography. I still remember the ritual of dropping off rolls at the Kodak shop near Marjanishvili Square, waiting for those 36 frames to reveal what I’d captured.