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)
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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