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"I WOULD LIKE THE "SETTLERS" OF KARABAKH CONFLICT TO LOOK INTO THE EYES OF THESE CHILDREN"
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/1974-en424
Monday, 08 October 2012 12:24
Within the framework of the "Land and Technology" festival of modern
art that commenced in Shoushi on October 1, photographer German Avagyan
exhibited his photoline under the title "Those born after death".
In his interview to Karabakh-open.info German Avagyan described his
photoline in the following way: "The heroes of this project are the
young girls and boys born after the war, those who were born after
their fathers' deaths. I intended to photograph them long ago, I have
just been waiting for them to grow up to the age of 16-18 years old.
This is the perfect age when they begin to look like their fathers
whom they, however, have never seen before."
The photographer suggests that those who have been engaged in Karabakh
conflict settlement should first ask these children deprived of their
fathers before examining the issue and seeking for possible solutions
to it. "I would like the "settlers" of Karabakh conflict to look into
the eyes of these children."
G. Avagyan initiated his photoline "Those born after death" in 2009
and completed it only a month ago involving into his project a group
of children from the RA and NKR different regions whom he photographed
together with the photos of their fathers killed in the war.
"I feel awkward for being unable to photograph all of them as the
number of heroes has been prearranged. If I had taken photos of all
the children who do not remember their fathers their number would have
exceeded 1,000. I apologize for this as there are families where one
of the children was 1 year old and the other was born only after their
father's death. It would have been unjust to photograph only one of
them," G. Avagyan notes with regret and adds that the photoline is
the upper layer of the project only under which we can see the women
who became widows 4-5 months after their marriage".
"After this all they managed to save their child's life and bring him
up suffering so many hardships. We must always remember that each of
these children's photos has a woman standing behind," the photographer
underlined once more.
The exhibition of German Avagyan's photos was opened at the art gallery
of Shoushi on October 5 at the completion of which the photographer
took photos of the families that had victims during the war together
with the perished liberty soldiers' photos.
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/1974-en424
Monday, 08 October 2012 12:24
Within the framework of the "Land and Technology" festival of modern
art that commenced in Shoushi on October 1, photographer German Avagyan
exhibited his photoline under the title "Those born after death".
In his interview to Karabakh-open.info German Avagyan described his
photoline in the following way: "The heroes of this project are the
young girls and boys born after the war, those who were born after
their fathers' deaths. I intended to photograph them long ago, I have
just been waiting for them to grow up to the age of 16-18 years old.
This is the perfect age when they begin to look like their fathers
whom they, however, have never seen before."
The photographer suggests that those who have been engaged in Karabakh
conflict settlement should first ask these children deprived of their
fathers before examining the issue and seeking for possible solutions
to it. "I would like the "settlers" of Karabakh conflict to look into
the eyes of these children."
G. Avagyan initiated his photoline "Those born after death" in 2009
and completed it only a month ago involving into his project a group
of children from the RA and NKR different regions whom he photographed
together with the photos of their fathers killed in the war.
"I feel awkward for being unable to photograph all of them as the
number of heroes has been prearranged. If I had taken photos of all
the children who do not remember their fathers their number would have
exceeded 1,000. I apologize for this as there are families where one
of the children was 1 year old and the other was born only after their
father's death. It would have been unjust to photograph only one of
them," G. Avagyan notes with regret and adds that the photoline is
the upper layer of the project only under which we can see the women
who became widows 4-5 months after their marriage".
"After this all they managed to save their child's life and bring him
up suffering so many hardships. We must always remember that each of
these children's photos has a woman standing behind," the photographer
underlined once more.
The exhibition of German Avagyan's photos was opened at the art gallery
of Shoushi on October 5 at the completion of which the photographer
took photos of the families that had victims during the war together
with the perished liberty soldiers' photos.