Founder and Head of Photo Training Center
Date and Place of Birth: July 27, 1955, Meghri, Armenia
Education/Major:
1972-1977 Yerevan State University; Physics Department; physicist
Career:
1998-present founder and head of Photo Training Center (non-governmental organization)
1996-1998 free-lance photographer
1992-1996 press photographer for AIM Magazine (USA)
1991-1992 photographer of “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun” newspaper
1989-1991 photographer of “BEM” journal of the Union of Theater Professionals of Armenia
1986-1989 photographer of “Avangard” newspaper
1986 April-December photographer of “Armenpress” news agency
1985-1986 photographer of “Avangard“ newspaper
1984-1985 photographer of “Komsomolets” newspaper
1983-1984 photographer, photo studio of Yerevan State University
1978-1982 graduate student of Physics Institute of Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Membership in Journalistic Associations and Their Governing Bodies:
Journalists Union of Armenia
Yerevan Press Club
International Federation of Journalists
Prizes/Awards:
1988 prize of Central Committee of Young Communist Union of Armenia in journalism
2010 Yerevan Press Club Annual Award – for the book-album “543210”
Publications: “Komsomolets”, “Avangard”, “Garun”, “Sovetakan Hayastan”, “Komsomolskaya Pravda” (Moscow), “Literaturnaya Gazeta” (Moscow), “AIM Magazinе”, “Reuters” agency, “Paris Match”, “Los Angeles Times”
1995 “Cruel and Light Dawns of Soul” photo album (Moscow)
1998 “VAF 100 Airflights” book (Los Angeles)
Languages: Armenian, Russian, English
Marital Status: married with two children
Contact Information:
apt. 41, 3/1, Isahakian district, Avan, Yerevan, Armenia
Tel. (374 10) 62 00 33 (home), (374 10) 27 02 69 (office), (374 91) 41 46 47 (mob.)
E-mail: [email protected]
