Mapping the Caucasus: how a person changes when he puts on a national costume

Maria Mussova, the author of the documentary photo project "Mapping", decided to investigate how a person's self-perception changes when he puts on a national costume. How does he feel about it? And how does the viewer's perception of the hero change in a casual way and in a suit that fell out of everyday life almost a hundred years ago? What has the national costume turned into in the XXI century?

To answer these questions, Maria found people in whose wardrobe, for one reason or another, there is a fasche — a national Circassian costume. Moreover, the photographer deliberately avoided wedding and dance outfits, because this is a completely different story.

The photo project "Mapping" consists of 22 diptychs in which the characters appear in their everyday clothes and in national costume. And their direct speech is the answer to a simple question about how they feel when wearing a full face.

Azamat, 35 years old, entrepreneur

Alan, 29 years old, entrepreneur

Anan, 32 years old, employee

Asiyat, 20 years old, choreographer

Astemir, 24, journalist

Vael, 28 years old, cook

Dana, 22 years old, student

Diana, 19 years old, student

Elena, 26 years old, fashion designer

Zhanna, 20 years old, student

Zalina, 28 years old, journalist

Ilyas, 25 years old, dentist

Cantemir, 23 years old, student

Liana, 22, economist

Lina, 24, historian

Marianne, 23, economist

Marina, 23 years old, journalist

Murat, 35 years old, graphic designer

Renat, 32 years old, saddler

Ruslan, 29 years old, entrepreneur

Suzanne, 21, student

Timur, 31, archaeologist