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They each visited Georgia during the spring of 2009, choosing their own theme and working at their own pace. Jonas Bendiksen, who took this photo of a baptismal celebration, writes that he wanted to "meet the new generation of young Georgians, the ones who have no memory of life under the Soviet system." Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum Photos ### Monumental  "In Kutaisi," photographer Mark Power writes, "the municipal market was dominated by a huge (and astonishingly beautiful) Soviet frieze, which was crumbling into disrepair. \[My guide\] Dima was dismayed that I saw any aesthetic merit in the thing at all; this, to a modern Georgian, was a throwback to a past that demanded to be forgotten." Mark Power / Magnum Photos ### The Future  Of the project he initiated, photographer Thomas Dworzak concludes, "We photographed Georgia during one spring, and the book is about that one moment in time, hence its title. Some people may scream and call it propaganda — photographers lending their talents to help get people interested in Georgia. For me, I have no problem with that. To have brought my fellow Magnum photographers to Georgia ... is the best thing I could wish, to bring the best people I know to the country I love, share it and have them fall in love with it too. Which I'm happy to say, they did." Thomas Dworzak / Magnum Photos ### Signs of the Times  Of the Tbilisi subway system, photographer Martin Parr writes, "The stations are quite dark, and the statues of Lenin have been replaced with generic Georgian designs." Clearly, there is new advertising as well. Martin Parr / Magnum Photos ### Colorful  Photographer Mark Power chose the theme "Industry and Economy." This casino is situated inside a large apartment building in Rustavi. Mark Power / Magnum Photos ### Slots  Of this casino in Tbilisi, photographer Martin Parr writes, "The crowd is mainly men ... and virtually everyone is smoking. The daily draw for prizes is followed by a belly dancer performing with a crown of candles on her head. It is all rather surreal." Martin Parr / Magnum Photos ### Beauty  "After being crowned Miss Georgia in 2007," photographer Alec Soth writes, "Nino Likuchova was stripped of her title after it was discovered that she was married. But according to Likuchova, she was forced into the marriage, and it lasted only four days: 'He and his friends kidnapped me from my town, kept me locked up and threatened me with guns. These were the most terrible days of my life.' " Alec Soth / Magnum Photos ### Family  Nani Bregvadze, a well-known singer, poses with her daughter and granddaughter at their home in Tbilisi. "I asked \[a Georgian woman\] why the family remains so central to society here," photographer Martine Franck writes. "She replied that successive governments never gave Georgians a sense of belonging. \[Georgians\] always had to fight to maintain their national identity, and the one place where they can feel secure and loved is within the family." Martine Franck / Magnum Photos ### President Mikheil Saakashvili  Photographer Thomas Dworzak first photographed the Georgian leader on assignment for TIME, in the fall of 2008, shortly after Georgia and Russia had fought a war over South Ossetia. "I went on to photograph Misha \[the President's nickname\] in Georgia and on his foreign travels for the best part of six months. He explained his vision for the country — his battle to wrench Georgia out of post-Soviet chaos and craft it into a modern European state." Thomas Dworzak / Magnum Photos ### Through a Glass  The author John Steinbeck wrote of Georgia in 1948, "Wherever we had been in Russia ... the magical name of Georgia came up constantly. People who had never been there, and who possibly never could go there, spoke of Georgia with a kind of longing and a great admiration ... Indeed, we began to believe that most Russians hope that if they live good and virtuous lives, they will not go to heaven but to Georgia when they die." Gueorgui Pinkhassov / Magnum Photos ### Brooms  Of his time in Georgia, photographer Martin Parr writes, "I have never shot so many images on a single trip. It is strange to have such an intense relationship with a place, and then suddenly you are gone. But the quality of the brief connection has been fantastic. I think a bit of Georgia has rubbed off on me." 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