Lali Binyatova

Born in 1999 | Bratsk, Russia

Based Baku, Azerbaijan

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Education:
2021: Translator (Spanish-Russian), Azerbaijan University of Languages

When she was 16 Lali moved to Baku, Azerbaijan with some of family members. Her father gave her a camera as a birthday gift since he observed Lali’s passion for mobile photography when she graduated from school. After that gift her career started as a photographer, and now she is a photographer who frequently uses personal stories, everyday observations, and social research in her projects to analyze the human being as the center of her works.

She completed cinematography, directing, and screenwriting courses at the "Interact Film Lab" project of the "Azerbaijanfilm" Film Studio organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Lali participated in several local and global exhibitions.
In 2022 participated in a photography residence "Black Sea," supported by the City Hall of Poti.

Binyatova's photographs are in galleries and private collections in countries like France, Germany, Russia, Turkey and Georgia.

In December 2022, she became part of The Guardian magazine's "Women behind the lens" project.

In 2021-2023, Lali Binyatova was a member of the "F37" Independent Union of Photographers - a platform that represents, supports, and exhibits photographers on the local scene and aims for international practice.

Exhibitions;
2021: "Listen to me and you will understand",  Azerbaijan
2021: Bursa photo festival, Turkey
2021: "Monochrome: yellow to green", Azerbaijan
2022: Kolga photo festival, Georgia
2022: "Women in Photography", Baku
2022: “A palette of perspectives”, Georgia
2022: “Black sea”, Georgia
2022-2023: “Safe Zone”, Azerbaijan
2023: Foto Wien Book Festival, Vienna
2023: “Force of Love”, Azerbaijan