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    Journey to Historic Armenia exhibit opens in Ararat-Eskijian Museum

    May 14, 2011 - 10:55 AMT
    PanARMENIAN.Net -

    The Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the Nor Serount (New Generation)
    Cultural Association will present a unique photo illustration; Journey
    to Historic Armenia on Sunday, May 15.

    Photography fans will have the opportunity to see original photos
    taken by Shiraz-Hovhannes Djeredjian, from 1960's onwards, capturing
    natural scenes, historical monuments and Armenian landscapes.

    Djeredjian is known as `the Photographer of the Armenian People.' His
    story-telling photography preserves the richness of the Armenian
    History. Shiraz has a unique talent in showcasing his photographs. His
    ability to narrate, coupled with the breathtaking scenes and
    historical sites, take you back to the places ancestors of the
    Armenian people, lived, prayed and battled.

    Shiraz started working with a French archaeological group as a
    photographer in the 1960ēs. After touring throughout Lebanon, he began
    working on his lifelong desire and travelled to hisancestral home to
    photograph Armenian fortresses & churches in Western Armenia (Today's
    Turkey) and Eastern Armenia. His life-long journey has given him the
    opportunity to photograph historic Armenian towns and architectural
    heritage in Cilicia, Aintab, Ourfa, Dikranagerd, Paghesh, the Daron
    mountains, Sassoun, Kharpert, Van, Akhtamar, Bayazid, Khout, Prnashen,
    Pssank, Dalvorig, Shadakh, Dzovassar, Pshoud, Mshkegh, Mount Maratoug,
    Marash, Malatia, Erzroum, Moush, Kars, Ani and the Iranian-Turkish
    frontier. By his account, he is the first photographer who took aerial
    photos of Mount Ararat.

    Within the next two decades, he continues his excursions and takes
    photos architectural sites and documents historical events. Shiraz
    also risked his life by photographing remote areas of the Artsakh
    region immediately following the war of liberation.

    The exhibit will start at 4 p.m., with an English narration provided
    by Mr. Harut Der-Tavitian. A reception will follow the program. The
    Ararat`Eskijian Museum is located at 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission
    Hills CA, Massis Post reported.


    From: Baghdasarian
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