Forgotten hopes

• Prize
• Photographer
  Mila Teshaieva, Ukraine
• Studio
  ASMP
• Website
  http://www.milateshaieva.com

The Internally displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan settled themselves in abandoned buildings of Baku more than 18 years ago. Since that time they live here, in self-improvised cardboard houses, and used to accept it as a new home. Victims of the frozen war they are long ago forgotten by any officials and organizations and rely only on their own ability to survive. There are around 900 000 forgotten IDP in Azerbaijan.

• Biography
  Mila Teshaieva was born and grown up in Kiev, Ukraine. Since 2009 she is a photographer of Laif agency. Mila's dedication to her projects and stories brought her international recognition, her work from Georgia got 1st prise with NPPA BOP 2010, Humanistic photography prize of Phodar biennial, and was exhibited in Paris as Visas de l'ANI laureate 2009. Currently she lives and work in Berlin.