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PROJECT: Photographic Information Exchange Network
Patker Photo Agency (Armenia), Zerkalo Newspaper (Azerbaijan), Information Agency Media Center (Georgia) represent the project of photo-information support of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian mass media.

The purpose of the project is to assist the development of free press through the creation of photojournalism networks between the three countries of the South Caucasus. As a result of this project, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will provide better photographic information of political, economic, social and cultural events for regional mass media.

PATKERPHOTO.COM specializes in photojournalism and photodocumentary in the Caucasus and Central Asia. We make photo reports and photo information on themes ranging from political, social, economic, ethnographic, ecologic, travel, medical, etc.

Support for this project was provided by the United States Agency for International Development through the Eurasia Foundation's South Caucasus Cooperation Program. Among other donors are USIS in Armenia, CIMERA (Switzerland), Caucasian Media Institute (Armenia) and Knight Foundation (USA).

Our contacts:
Patker Photo Agency (Armenia):
Ruben Mangasaryan, director
e-mail: ruben@patkerphoto.com


Zerkalo Newspaper (Azerbaijan):
Kamal Ali, director
e-mail: kamal@zerkalo.az


Information Agency Media Center (Georgia):
Georgi Tsagareli, director
e-mail: mediacenter@gol.ge


For any information concerning photos mail to photo@patkerphoto.com



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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