The Last Sitting

Building: Sanatorium Metallurgist, 1957
Location: Tskaltubo, Georgia
Recognition: First Place, International Photography Awards 2026 · Best of the Best, Architecture MasterPrize 2026

A series on the chairs left behind in Sanatorium Metallurgist, a spa resort built in 1957 in Tskaltubo and long out of use. Not scattered but placed, as if whoever sat in them had just stepped away.

Auditorium of Sanatorium Metallurgist with a row of chairs on the stage, Tskaltubo

Overgrown arched colonnade at Sanatorium Metallurgist, Tskaltubo

Hall with tall arched windows and an abandoned piano, Sanatorium Metallurgist

A pair of chairs framed by a dark doorway, Sanatorium Metallurgist

Columned rotunda with gallery and chandelier, Sanatorium Metallurgist

A single chair against an amber wall beneath a collapsing ceiling

Domed hall with an oval gallery, Sanatorium Metallurgist

Patient room with peeling wallpaper and an armchair, Sanatorium Metallurgist

A chair glimpsed through a gap in a peeling doorframe, Sanatorium Metallurgist