Armenia 1999

In October 1999 I visited Armenia and spent 3 weeks with family of Armenian refugees I had met in the Netherlands. Proud as Armenians can be of their culture and heritage, they showed me historical sites throughout the country.

Personally I prefer to get to know a country by wandering through the streets of cities, in this case the capital Yerevan and the religious center of the Armenian Church, Etchmiadzin. That is where these photos were taken.

Woman near market, Yerevan, 1999

Woman near market,
Yerevan,
1999

Woman near market, Yerevan, 1999

Young soldiers, Etchmiadzin, 1999

Young soldiers, Etchmiadzin, 1999

Man in park, Yerevan, 1999

Man in park,
Yerevan,
1999

Man in park, Yerevan, 1999

Svetlana, Yerevan, 1999

Svetlana,
Yerevan,
1999

Svetlana, Yerevan, 1999

Beggar with a mental disorder, Yerevan, 1999

Beggar with a mental disorder,
Yerevan,
1999

Beggar with a mental disorder, Yerevan, 1999

Beggar with a mental disorder, Etchmiadzin, 1999

Beggar with a mental disorder,
Etchmiadzin,
1999

Beggar with a mental disorder, Etchmiadzin, 1999

Levon, spastic beggar, Etchmiadzin, 1999

Levon,
spastic beggar,
Etchmiadzin,
1999

Levon, spastic beggar, Etchmiadzin, 1999

Begging couple, Yerevan, 1999

Begging couple,
Yerevan,
1999

Begging couple, Yerevan, 1999

Drunk man, Yerevan, 1999

Drunk man,
Yerevan,
1999

Drunk man, Yerevan, 1999

Young man, Yerevan, 1999

Young man,
Yerevan,
1999

Young man, Yerevan, 1999

Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999

Gravestone,
Yerevan,
1999

Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999

Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999

Gravestone,
Yerevan,
1999

Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999

Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999

Gravestone,
Yerevan,
1999

Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999

Window, Yerevan, 1999

Window,
Yerevan,
1999

Window, Yerevan, 1999