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Armenian Image Archive Aims to Illuminate Armenian Experience via Photography

3 Dec 2021 8:23 AM | Anonymous

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA partnered with a film foundation to create an image archive to recognize and celebrate decades of Armenian photography.

The Promise Armenian Institute signed an official memorandum of understanding with the Armenian Film Foundation in April, said Hasmik Baghdasaryan, deputy director of the Promise Armenian Institute, in an emailed statement. This led to the creation of the Armenian Image Archive.

The project is interested in Armenian photographic collections and photographers with photos of Armenian subjects and is not bound by a particular time period or geographical region, Baghdasaryan said.

“The Armenian Image Archive has three goals: preservation, research, and exhibition of Armenian photographers and photography related to Armenian subject-matter,” Baghdasaryan said in the statement.

You can read more in an article by Lori Garavartanian published in the Daily Bruin web site at: https://dailybruin.com/2021/12/02/armenian-image-archive-aims-to-illuminate-armenian-experience-via-photography.


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