In the following spring, I set out for the first time with the shepherds on the spring sheep migration to Tusheti. After that, I took part in migrations many more times, immortalizing shepherd families, but this was the beginning of entering the community of Tusheti residents to learn about their stories, traditions, values ... before this culture disappears. This is how the project "Identity" was born and the pictures of shepherds are its inseparable part.

The perilous journey that shepherds take on foot and on horseback leading their flocks to Tusheti in the spring and from Tusheti to the Alazani Valley in the fall is demanding and sometimes deadly. The Tush family have been able to descend to the vast valley for the winter since the 17th century, and this is associated with a reward for helping the Kakhetians in the battle with the Persians. However, large-scale migrations began only in the 19th century, and after the road was built, in a place other than the main shepherd's route, the migration of highlanders to a safer place and return to Tusheti in the summer began.