Contact prints

The photos on this page are scans made from contact sheets, so the quality is poor. The 1999 photos of Armenia were taken with a Canon FTb and 50mm lens on Kodak T⁠-⁠Max 400 film, the other photos are made with a Minolta XE⁠-⁠1 and 35mm or 50mm lens on Kodak Tri⁠-⁠X film.

Shy girl, Armenia, 1999 Khatchkar, Armenia, 1999

ARMENIA 1999

These photos were taken during a visit to Armenia in October 1999. Armenia gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 after 70 years of Soviet rule, which left the country in a deplorable state.

Armenian apostolic priest, Etchmiadzin, 1999 The Eagle of Zvartnots, Armenia, 1999 View on Mount Ararat, Yerevan, 1999
Anahit, Yerevan, 1999 Diana, Yerevan, 1999 Diana, Yerevan, 1999 Broken chair, Yerevan, 1999 Smoking woman, Yerevan, 1999
Bus driver, Yerevan, 1999 Bus driver, Yerevan, 1999 American dream, Yerevan, 1999 Public bus, Yerevan, 1999 Bus driver, Yerevan, 1999
Workshop, Yerevan, 1999 Toxic flowers, Yerevan, 1999 Republican Square, Yerevan, 1999 Proud car owner, Yerevan, 1999
Hero, Yerevan, 1999
Sad man, Yerevan, 1999 One eyed drunk, Yerevan, 1999 One eyed drunk, Yerevan, 1999 Sad man, Yerevan, 1999
Sleeping man in park, Yerevan, 1999 Thinking man, Yerevan, 1999 Thinking man, Yerevan, 1999 Public phones, Yerevan, 1999
Container, Yerevan, 1999 Distrustful, Yerevan, 1999 Distrustful too, Yerevan, 1999

NORADUZ CEMETERY

Noraduz cemetery is a medieval cemetery in the village of Noraduz, 80 km northeast of Armenia's capitol Yerevan. The cemetery has the largest cluster of Armenian khachkars (cross stones) in Armenia, with khachkars from the 10th to the 17th century. Each khachkar has its own unique pattern, none are the same.

Noraduz cemetery, Armenia, 1999 Khatchkar, Noraduz, 1999 Khatchkar, Noraduz, 1999 Khatchkar, Noraduz, 1999 Khatchkar, Noraduz, 1999 Noraduz cemetery, Armenia, 1999 Khatchkar, Noraduz, 1999 Khatchkar, Noraduz, 1999 Noraduz cemetery, Armenia, 1999

TOKHMAKH CEMETERY, YEREVAN

Tokhmakh is Yerevan's largest cemetery, named after Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq, governor of the Erivan Province from 1568 to 1575 and 1578 to 1583, when Yerevan was lost from Persia to the Ottoman Empire.

Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone of Lena, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999 Gravestone, Yerevan, 1999

THE OTHER PHOTOS

Are made in the Netherlands.

Shop window, Amsterdam, 2003 Alex, The Hague, 2003 Rob, The Hague, 2003 Wouter, The Hague, 2003 Rob, The Hague, 2003 Maud, The Hague, 2003 Maud, The Hague, 2003 Maud, The Hague, 2003 Rob, The Hague, 2003 Grrrrr, The Hague, 2003
Loek, The Hague, 2003 Jilles, The Hague, 2003 Loek, The Hague, 2003