I was born on November 16, 1981, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
I moved to Armenia in 1992.
I graduated from the Yerevan State Linguistic University after Valerie Bryusov (German and English languages).
I participated in the photojournalism class organized by World Press Photo (WPPh) and Caucasus Media Institute (CMI) from 2004 to 2005 and finished it with Diploma of Excellence.
After that I won internship in Panos Pictures Agency, and practiced in photo editing in “The Independent” on Sundays newspaper , 2005, London, UK.
In 2006 I was nominated and passed Training for Trainers course organized by WPPh in Amsterdam. Now I am teaching photojournalism in the Caucasus Media Institute. I was chosen one of the best 10 students from all of the courses organized by World Press Photo(in 10 years). In 2006 and 2007 I had nominations for Joop Swart Masterclass.
I have been working as a photographer since 2003, my photos are published (also on cover pages) in different magazines and books.
Books: (joint)
April.2008 “World Press Photo: New Stories” (by World Press Photo)
Sept.2007 “Carnets D’Armneie” Septembre de la photo 2007 (by Theatre de
la Photograpie et de l’Image) Nice, France
May.2007 “Partnerships in Developing Photojournalism” (by World Press Photo)
April.2007 “Remember 24” (by Armenianow.com internet journal)
Nov. 2006 “MerhaBarev” Istanbul-Yerevan (by Patker and Nar
photoagences, Heinrich Boell foundation,Chrest
foundation, Anadolu Kultur, Caucasus Media Institute)
Sept.2006 “15 years of independence in Armenia” (by ArmenPress)
Sept.2006 “Armenia” (by Ministry of foreign affairs of Republic of Armenia)
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