Tako Robakidze

Tako Robakidze is a documentary photographer based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

In 2008 she got Bachelor’s degree in Law from Tbilisi State University. Parallel to the university education, she was enrolled in photography school ‘Sepia’, and continued her studies for 5 years. In 2015, she received master's degree in Journalism.

Since 2015 she has been working as a freelance photographer, cooperated with Georgian and international NGOs, covering diverse social topics. Since 2015 she is a member and co-founder of photo collective ERROR IMAGES.

In 2017 she received Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellowship. In 2020 she got Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum Multimedia Lab Production Grant. In 2020 for her work about Georgian IDPs she received production grant of Goethe Institute. In 2021 she won the Stanley Greene Legacy Prize and Fellowship.

In 2022 she was selected as VII Academy Fellow. She is a National Geographic Explorer 2022/2023. In 2023 she was chosen for VII academy Mentorship Program. Her work is focused on documenting sociopolitical conditions and experiences of war in Georgia.