YEREVAN, ARMENIA -- One day shot
© Piruza Khalapyan/Patker
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Patker Photo Agency represents a group of professional photographers working in the Southern
Caucasus (
Armenia,
Azerbaijan, and
Georgia), Central Asia (
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Turkmenistan,
Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan) and beyond. Patker Photo Agency offers intriguing photojournalism and
photodocumentary of this region that is more important than ever.
The world is watching. Social and political conflicts have impacted the Kurdish population,
and governments in Chechnya, Georgia, Russia, Uzbekistan and beyond have polarized to eradicate
terrorism. Natural gas, oil, and minerals have put the region on the map. And diverse cultures,
lifeways, and stunning natural beauty entrance readers.
With many years of combined professional experience, the agency delivers reportage,
photo essays, stock photos, and news stories about the region. With photographers that are
residents and experts in the region, we provide the most up-to-date coverage of issues in the
Caucasus and Central Asia.
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MerhaBarev
By PatkerPhoto:Ruben Mangasaryan, German Avagyan, Anahit Hayrapetyan, Karen Mirzoyan, Nelli Shishmanyan.
NarPhotos: Ozcan Yurdalan,Mehmet Kacmaz,Serra Akcan,Tolga Sezgin, Kerem Uzel.
MerhaBarev is a unique photo-bridge between Armenia and Turkey, two neighboring countries with no diplomatic relations and a border remained closed for more than 80 years.
This project was created in 2006, when five Armenian photojournalists from Patker photo agency shot Istanbul during a week, and the same did five Turkish photojournalists from Nar photo agency in Yerevan.
MerhaBarev is a combined greeting in two languages:Turkish - "merhaba" and Armenian - "barev". MerhaBarev is indeed the first visual greeting between the two countries, which are separated not only by the sharp wire on the border, built during the Soviet Union period, but by the political and historical problems.
Using the black and white language of the photography, photojournalists narrated about Istanbul and Yerevan, their cultures, traditions, every-day life and people.
The project was presented as a number of exhibitions in Armenia (Yerevan, Gumri) and Turkey (Istanbul, Ankara, Kars, Diarbekir). MerhaBarev is also a book in four languages (Armenian,Turkish, English and German), calendars and posters.
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