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Eastern Partnership Photography En plein air photo sessions around Armenia make a final contribution to the album My Country in the Eastern Partnership Natallia PLYTKEVICH (Belarus) Representatives of photo unions of the six countries participating in the project along with the winners in the national creative photography contests travelled around, learned more about the culture and traditions of the Eastern Partnership countries, communicated with one another, shared professional secrets, learned new things, held debates and discussions, did creative things. There was an incomparable air of creativity around all trips and en plein air sessions. Siarhei Plytkevich (Belarus) 12 A creative trip around Armenia finalized the en plein air series in the framework of the SAY CHEESE! international photography project. Representatives of the host parties did their best working at 200% of their capacity in a bid to make the best possible presentation of their home country. And we must admit they made it! In Armenia the participants visited ancient holy places, made visits to the monasteries of Etchmiadzin – Armenia’s most ancient settlement, which now goes by the name of Vagharshapat: Saint Hripsimé Church, the Domed Basilica of Saint Gayane and the Church of Shoghakat (dedicated to the memory of holy virgins martyred by Tiridates III of Armenia for