caspian dreams

Caspian Dreams is a portrait of Azerbaijan in its 16th year of post-Soviet independence as it faces the awkward growing pains of adolescence. Depicting everyday events and happenstance encounters, the photographs raise larger issues of aging, change and loss.

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A high school graduate and friend in Baku, Azerbaijan. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A man receives hot oil therapy at a clinic in Baku, Azerbaijan. James Pomerantz
  
Soviet-style apartment building in Sumqayit, a former Soviet chemical production town and one of the ten most polluted places on earth.
     
  
Woman in a high school hallway with an inscription reading "You only live once".
  
Children and mosque, Xinaliq, Caucasus Mountains. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A traditional roadside restaurant kitchen, Barda. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
     
  
Young refugee, Baku. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
Restaurant, Sumqayit beach. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A young refugee of the war with Armenia in her run down apartment building in Baku. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
     
  
Baku zoo. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
Stuffed animals, Baku boulevard. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
Old wallpaper, Quba.
     
  
fishermen and found flag, Nabran. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
Women collecting water, Caucasus Mountains.
  
Freshly discovered bones, thought to be from 1918 massacres. Quba, Azerbaijan. The massacres saw thousands of Muslims killed by Armenians.
     
  
Hamlet's grave, Sumqayit. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A man sits in a bath of crude oil at an oil therapy clinic in Baku, Azerbaijan. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A broken down statue of Lenin in a field in Yevlax. The Azerbaijan government has destroyed most reminders of Soviet rule, but a few have managed to remain. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
     
  
A man floats in a mineral bath on the beach near the oil fields of Bibiheybat. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A salt farmer at work on the outskirts of Baku. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
Refugee train car. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
     
  
Children peer out of the back of a car on the road towards the front-line, western Azerbaijan. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A robot statue marks the entrance to a factory in the former soviet chemical production town of Sumqayit, one of the ten most polluted places on earth. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
Teashop owner beside the Caspian Sea, Bibiheybat. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
     
  
Guard dog near the Bibiheybat boat graveyard. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
Child and broken doll, Baku. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A young boy in his home in the Caucasus Mountains. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
     
  
A schizophrenic refugee in his home in Saragaya on the Absheron Peninsula. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A young handicapped boy peers from his door in the Mahalla district of Baku. Officials are interested in tearing down the run down buildings to make way for modern high rise buildings. James Pomerantz aphotostudent
  
A stray horse runs through the Caucasus Mountain village of Xinaliq. James Pomerantz aphotostudent