Armenian News... A Topalian... Major Feature on Armenian Genocide
Channel 4 News on 21 December had a major feature on the
Armenian Genocide.
There has been British MP demands that the massacre of Christians
(and other religions) in the Middle East, in particular by the so-called
Islamic State, should be regarded as genocide.
Channel 4 relates these to the Armenian experience 100 years ago.
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The program refers to the photographic project described in the
following article:
100 YEARS AFTER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, PHOTOGRAPHER
BRINGS SURVIVORS INTO THE LIGHT - PHOTOS
18 Dec 2015
Sara Elkamel
The Huffington Post
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide this year has been
an opportunity for historians, writers and artists to revisit the
memory of the massacres and deportations carried out by the Ottomans
beginning in 1915. Exhibitions around the world revisited the archives,
exploring Armenian culture, resistance during the genocide and the
immediate aftermath of the genocide.
Diana Markosian, an Armenian-American photographer whose work has
included topics such as the lives of young Muslim girls in Chechnya
and the legacy of the Virgin Mary, took the retrospective moment to
stage confrontations between the past and the present. Her project,
"1915," currently exhibited at New York University's Hagop Kevorkian
Center for Near Eastern Studies, profiles three living survivors
of the genocide as they revisit memories of what they left behind,
and what they lost.
In October 2014, Markosian set out to find genocide survivors residing
in Armenia. She met 10 survivors, but only three -- Movses Haneshyan,
Mariam Sahakyan and Yepraksia Gevorgyan -- still had memories
18 Dec 2015
Sara Elkamel
The Huffington Post
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide this year has been
an opportunity for historians, writers and artists to revisit the
memory of the massacres and deportations carried out by the Ottomans
beginning in 1915. Exhibitions around the world revisited the archives,
exploring Armenian culture, resistance during the genocide and the
immediate aftermath of the genocide.
Diana Markosian, an Armenian-American photographer whose work has
included topics such as the lives of young Muslim girls in Chechnya
and the legacy of the Virgin Mary, took the retrospective moment to
stage confrontations between the past and the present. Her project,
"1915," currently exhibited at New York University's Hagop Kevorkian
Center for Near Eastern Studies, profiles three living survivors
of the genocide as they revisit memories of what they left behind,
and what they lost.
In October 2014, Markosian set out to find genocide survivors residing
in Armenia. She met 10 survivors, but only three -- Movses Haneshyan,
Mariam Sahakyan and Yepraksia Gevorgyan -- still had memories
predating the genocide.
Markosian retraced their steps, traveling back to sites they fled
and still remembered. In an attempt to retrieve pieces of their lost
homelands, she brought back mural-sized panels capturing potent
landscapes from Turkey, and displayed them in the places these
survivors now live in Armenia.
When Haneshyan, who is now 105 years old, looked at the photograph
of his childhood home, "he paused and started dancing towards this
image," Markosian recounts. It was the sort of moment the photographer
had hoped to capture when embarking on this project. She went on to
photograph all three survivors' encounters with images from their past.
"They've been in exile,"Markosian said of her project, "and a
century later they are being confronted with their home, and they
are recognizing it."Movses Haneshyan says he still remembers the
moment Ottoman soldiers entered his village. (Photo copyright:
Diana Markosian)
When asked about 1915, Yepraksia Gevorgyan told Markosian: "You're
lucky you didn't see it."
Yepraksia Gevorgyan still remembers the Akhurian River, which runs
along the border between present-day Turkey and Armenia.
Mariam's one request was: "Go to my village and bring back soil for
me to be buried in."
Mariam Sahakyan is now 101 years old, but she still recalls hiding from
Turkish soldiers when she escaped from her homeland.
Markosian retraced their steps, traveling back to sites they fled
and still remembered. In an attempt to retrieve pieces of their lost
homelands, she brought back mural-sized panels capturing potent
landscapes from Turkey, and displayed them in the places these
survivors now live in Armenia.
When Haneshyan, who is now 105 years old, looked at the photograph
of his childhood home, "he paused and started dancing towards this
image," Markosian recounts. It was the sort of moment the photographer
had hoped to capture when embarking on this project. She went on to
photograph all three survivors' encounters with images from their past.
"They've been in exile,"Markosian said of her project, "and a
century later they are being confronted with their home, and they
are recognizing it."Movses Haneshyan says he still remembers the
moment Ottoman soldiers entered his village. (Photo copyright:
Diana Markosian)
When asked about 1915, Yepraksia Gevorgyan told Markosian: "You're
lucky you didn't see it."
Yepraksia Gevorgyan still remembers the Akhurian River, which runs
along the border between present-day Turkey and Armenia.
Mariam's one request was: "Go to my village and bring back soil for
me to be buried in."
Mariam Sahakyan is now 101 years old, but she still recalls hiding from
Turkish soldiers when she escaped from her homeland.
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