Davit Kakabadze’s Family
Home, Parents, and Everyday Life (1880–1930)
While Davit Kakabadze is often associated with regional documentation and ethnographic observation, this project turns the lens inward — toward family, home, and everyday life.
Between 1880 and 1930, photography increasingly entered private domestic space. The Kakabadze family archive offers rare insight into how Georgian households presented themselves within intimate settings. Unlike formal studio portraits, these images capture moments of familiarity: shared work, quiet conversation, domestic interiors, and informal posture.
Through these photographs, we observe:
*The structure of family relationships
*The interior design of middle-class Georgian homes
*Clothing in non-ceremonial settings
*Generational presence within a shared domestic space
*The emotional atmosphere of early modern family life
These images remind us that history is not only shaped by public events and regional identities, but also by ordinary days lived inside homes.
In these quiet interiors, modern Georgia was also being formed.
Curated by: Giorgi Gersamia
