Photography is about exploration. This past summer, Sara Anjargolian and I had the opportunity to teach a documentary photography workshop to teenagers at Tumo. Our primary concern was to create a process that allowed students to explore and develop their own personal approach to photography and also to enable them to create a cohesive, meaningful and personal body of work.
“Slowly, I have to put down roots here for good. After all, a person can only feel happier on his own soil. I constantly surprised by people who are amazed that I have returned. Hopefully, what I have done will be regarded as natural and will be duplicated on a massive scale,” says Varuzhan, who was a CPA back in Glendale.
An article in today’s Hurriyet Daily News says that Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism will be submitting a proposal to have “Turkish coffee” included to UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list.
In an interview given to Azeri Pres Agency (APA), Lithuanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arturas Zurauskas commented on a protest filed by Baku to Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the participation of a music group from Lithuania at a festival in Karabakh.
“I can’t blame anyone for the state of the school. In a way, I blame myself for not trying as hard as I might have. Wherever I've gone seeking assistance, no one has actually refused. They all say we’ll help, we’ll help, but that’s the extent of it,” says Avetisyan.