Spotlight: Did you know That an Armenian Priest Brought the First Photography Workshop to Palestine?
PRESENTER
Lizzy Vartanian
original city
London
original date
May 14, 2023
DESCRIPTION
Lizzy explores photography in Palestine. She talks about Yessai Garabedian, an Armenian priest who set up the first photography workshop in the entire region, in the St James Convent of Jerusalem.
about the afikra community presentation
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SOURCES & FUTURE REFERENCES
Politics of Portraiture, The Studio of the Krikorians l Institute of Palestine Studies
The Armenian Pioneers of Middle Eastern Photography l Institute of Palestine Studies
See the First Photographs Ever Taken of Jerusalem l Smithsonian Magazine
Arrival of a Peculiar Art: Photography in the Ottoman Empire l Tribe Magazine
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