About us
Tbilisi Collective is a creative platform founded in 2020 by Elene Datusani and Sopho Kharazi, working across photography, editorial design, and visual storytelling. Originally created to support emerging photographers in Georgia, the platform has since evolved into a collaborative studio that develops projects, exhibitions, and digital content rooted in place, identity, and culture.
Elene is a Georgian creative based in Paris, working across cultural storytelling, photography, and DJing. As a co-founder of Tbilisi Collective, she shapes the platform’s editorial direction and voice. Her work explores how people build identity, belonging, and connection through music, nightlife, and the visual cultures that surround them. Her perspective is informed by movement and transition – leaving Tbilisi, beginning again in Paris, and learning what it means to build a home and creative life in a new city. DJing allows her to create shared environments through sound and energy, while photography captures the gestures, friendships, and atmospheres that define those spaces.
With Tbilisi Collective, she is developing a platform that expands creative networks across cities like Paris and Milan, rooted in trust, curiosity, and word-of-mouth exchange. Alongside DJing and photography, she is committed to contributing commentary on the cultural signals shaping her world from new tracks and films to the photographers and emerging voices that influence her creative direction.
Sopho is a Georgian creative based in Milan, working across writing, visual identity, and editorial storytelling. As a co-founder of Tbilisi Collective, she develops the editorial structure of the platform and shapes its visual direction, both on the website and across social channels. Her practice spans multiple forms of narration. She writes Old and Confused Diary Pages – a series of personal essays rooted in observation, introspection, and everyday experience. She also produces personal reviews alongside editorial features based on photographic research and interviews conducted within the Collective. Her work is driven by an interest in people – how they think, move, behave, and reveal themselves in small, unguarded moments.
Sopho contributes to the visual and editorial management of Tbilisi Collective, overseeing layout, storytelling, and the translation of ideas into coherent visual experiences. Beyond writing, she documents life through video montages, sketching, and painting, collecting fragments of gestures, stories, and environments that later shape her narrative approach.
Our Work
We work at the intersection of curation, documentation, and research, spotlighting personal narratives and creative exchanges. Our practice spans from producing editorial series to curating exhibitions, mapping cultural scenes, and mentoring emerging talents. Each project is shaped by a strong visual language, thoughtful storytelling, and a commitment to collaboration across disciplines.
Our Mission
Our mission is to create meaningful space for reflection, visibility, and shared authorship in contemporary visual culture. Through our work, we aim to document cultural and urban transformation, amplify new voices, and explore how visual media can connect people, places, and ideas in fresh and critical ways.
