Goals

Problem statement:

In Georgia, unfortunately, the facts of domestic violence are reported but little is done to prevent or minimize these facts. Sometimes, those victims of domestic violence are not even aware of the facts and remain trapped in their circumstances.

Behind all this data, there are real people with real problems. We want to live in the country with democracy and liberty, but domestic violence kills this liberty and the sense of humanity of everyone connected to it.

Here is a link to some official statistics:
http://factcheck.ge/article/saqarthveloshi-qaltha-mimarth-dzaladobrivi-phaqtebis-statistika-izrdeba/
https://idfi.ge/ge/official_statistical_information_on_domestic_violence_in_georgia
http://netgazeti.ge/news/14534/

Proposed Solution:

I'm a photographer and I try to show people the world from my perspective. I would like to make a photo project where I would take 50 studio photos of people of different ages and sex with facial bruises (akin to domestic violence victims). The photos will have text encouraging people to stop the violence.

This photo album will be placed on a separate Facebook page under the name of the project and every day one of the photos will be advertised will to the users of the Facebook.

My friend will be able to provide make-up for the imitation bruises. I will publish some photos offline, especially those of children, in crowded public spaces for a month.

Sustainability:

The page created on social networks will remain forever with the photos, despite the amount of “likes”, each photo will though the advertisement will be displayed to between 3 and 5 thousand people. In total 50 photographs will been seen by up to 150,000 Georgian users. The number of views is calculated on 2 dollars per photo.

Additionally, several active facebook pages have agreed to share my photo album, and the newspaper "Batumelebi” will publish our photos on their website for free.

The studio set up and background will be used in my future social projects. Additionally, the people who will participate in shoot will also share the photos online. These photos will become a source of discussion and hopefully a catalyses decreased violence rates in the future.

Equal gender opportunity:

During the project my friend will do the markup and I will be taking photos. I will select 20 women, 10 men and 20 children. The amount of women will be higher than man as they tend to be victims of violence more often. Man are also victims of violence but in less frequently. Children are of both genders are vulnerable and will bring more interest and emotion from the society and will make them think deeper about domestic violence.