RUSTAVI KIDS
Rustavi is the second city in the Republic of Georgia. One could say it suffers from the city-to-city equivalent of the Middle Child Syndrome << Middle child syndrome is the belief that middle children are excluded, ignored or even outright neglected because of their birth order >> This portrait series is a precursor to a feature film project set in Rustavi slated for production in 2022-23. A coming-of-age story based on true stories of the real Rustavi Kids, growing up in a sea of grey, endless blocks of Krushchevska monoliths, dark skies polluted by the surrounding industrial steelworks, the bedrock of labor in this industrial township, offering an entry career into a bleak future, clashing head on with the hormone fueled, social media inflamed desires and ambitions of our protagonists.
![Rati](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a8c88a632d780e56fff46e12e4c8755/39895db9-1927-493d-bbc1-ae535279ff9e_rw_1920.png?h=3bcc6cbf04c3e0942413485dfc378587)
Rati
![Teollina](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a8c88a632d780e56fff46e12e4c8755/cad24819-672a-4ddd-b37c-5311b630494e_rw_1920.jpg?h=48666b6ecae737c337afc56301f4c754)
Teollina
![Anton](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a8c88a632d780e56fff46e12e4c8755/483d655d-5c11-4251-bba3-bbe77f3632cf_rw_1920.jpg?h=456ebe122ca94714482f4bd79ae76b96)
Anton
![Gvantsa](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a8c88a632d780e56fff46e12e4c8755/35045105-dfc7-4da2-b243-45a2c399625b_rw_1920.jpg?h=0a76f406bdd6eaec39d485905d6906b0)
Gvantsa
![Tite](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a8c88a632d780e56fff46e12e4c8755/16eb403f-bcde-447c-84b8-47a9000908ab_rw_1920.png?h=3ecff6dc9979804acaa5fe706073b66a)
Tite
![Milana](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a8c88a632d780e56fff46e12e4c8755/eaf65b62-6b80-4ea9-999a-516870227743_rw_1920.jpg?h=869836e9964c477130eb40c733e35b5b)
Milana
![Elene](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a8c88a632d780e56fff46e12e4c8755/e8f2a548-ac4e-4f36-8551-1a9e84e3c97f_rw_3840.png?h=6ff11d11008173298edc62486a2ab2c4)
Elene
![Iva](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a8c88a632d780e56fff46e12e4c8755/ebb69688-07e7-405c-a6f5-df2b74787123_rw_1920.png?h=a428203229b8cdf16d2d2582263d1495)
Iva
![Nanuka](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a8c88a632d780e56fff46e12e4c8755/c8161a99-3a04-47c9-bcb6-d9589eedd143_rw_1920.jpg?h=3f68bee1850384d4957df6607c9f8749)
Nanuka
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