Many Armenians have reacted negatively to the photos and have left scores of comments at the site in protest. Ari comments: "yeah...great job Stacey: by murdering people, occupyin their churches, leavin them in ruins and the mercy of nature and then using them as a background for some fashion show....and the civilized west simply "falls in love...." Yoly writes: "Those are ARMENIAN christian churches in the background. Abandoned and ruined after the muslim turks slaughtered Armenians and took their land in 1918. Then, there is this response by Paul Hampartsoumian: "Why are those beautiful buildings in ruin? Because the Armenians who cared for them were driven out in 1915 by the Young Turk army of the Ottoman Empire. Included in those people was my grandfather aged about 15 at the time with his Mother and Sister. They were force-marched south to the Syrian desert where his Mother and sister died en route. He buried them in the sand and escaped. He was left alone with no family, or home or possessions. He boarded a boat to Cyprus where my Father was eventually born, my Father moved to London where I was born and live. I am Paul Hampartsoumian. No-one can deny my history. Ask anyone in America, Europe or the Middle East with a surname ending 'ian' how they came to be there and they will have a similar story. To criticize these events in Turkey is a criminal offence in Turkey (today) and will egt you thrown in prison or worse (Hrant Dink)."