Amanda Rivkin

portraits

<b>BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. </b> Safura Alizade, Azerbaijan's Eurovision contestant in 2010, with her mother, Naila Alizade, in her dressing room after performing at the opening ceremony of the International Wrestling Final Golden Grand Prix at the Heydar Aliyev Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 16, 2010. One goal of the current regime is to win Eurovision investing huge amounts of Azerbaijan's vast oil wealth in the effort, which some estimate at $20 million, and would result in hosting the European pop song contest in the Azeri capital Baku in an effort to show off the country's European qualities.
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Safura Alizade, Azerbaijan's Eurovision contestant in 2010, with her mother, Naila Alizade, in her dressing room after performing at the opening ceremony of the International Wrestling Final Golden Grand Prix at the Heydar Aliyev Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 16, 2010. One goal of the current regime is to win Eurovision investing huge amounts of Azerbaijan's vast oil wealth in the effort, which some estimate at $20 million, and would result in hosting the European pop song contest in the Azeri capital Baku in an effort to show off the country's European qualities.