Liquid Land
Born in 1977, Rena Effendi's first job at age 19, was as a translator for thr Azerbaijan International Oil Company, a consortium of some of the world's largest oil producers. This gave her financial independence, as the oil industry was the most lucrative employer for educated youth in Baku. Having gained an inside perspective, Effendi directed her gaze outward and began to take photographs in 2001, focusing on the oil industry's effects on ordinary people's lives. This resulted in 2009 in her first monographPipe dreams- A chonicle of livesalong the pipeline, which was published in four different languages (English,German,Russian and Spanish).Liquid Landis a beautiful and poetic sequel to this succesful book.