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Diploma of the First Caucasus Photographic Exhibition, Tiflis (1897)

Diploma issued at the First Caucasus Photographic Exhibition organized by the Tiflis Society of Amateur Photographers, 1897.

This image shows a decorative diploma issued at the First Caucasus Photographic Exhibition held in Tiflis in 1897. The exhibition was organized by the Tiflis Society of Amateur Photographers, which had been founded in 1893 to promote photographic practice and technical knowledge.

The diploma is richly illustrated with allegorical imagery and architectural motifs, reflecting the visual culture of late nineteenth-century exhibition documents. Such certificates were awarded to participants or prize recipients in recognition of their photographic work presented at the exhibition.