WATERTOWN, Mass.—On Sun., Feb. 12, Canadian Armenian photographer Hrair “Hawk” Khatcherian will give an illustrated presentation on his latest book Yergir 2 Yergir (2011), a journey through Western Armenia. A globe-trotter and a pilgrim, Khatcherian dedicated himself to photographing the Armenian heritage after surviving lung cancer in 1993. He has been to 44 countries in the last 17 years, documenting Armenian monuments, mostly churches, around the world.
A renowned photographer, he has published several books of photography, including Artsakh: a Photographic Journey (1997), Karabagh: 100 Photos (2002), Yergir: Pilgrimage Through Western Armenia 1997-2002 (2004), and Armenian Ornamental Art (2010), in collaboration with Armen Kyurkchyan.
The talk begins at 2 p.m. in ALMA’s Contemporary Art Gallery, 3rd floor. It is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase the day of the event. A closing reception of Martin Barooshian’s paintings exhibit will take place after Khatcherian’s talk.
For more information, visit www.almainc.org.
Very nice photo on the wall of this article…
Hawk… Wants to show his real home
The real atmosphere
Where on its earth
He breathes…
On the rocks he can stand
Looking from up to this unfair world
Where not every soul
gets its right…
Sylva
Sylva
I have had the opportunity in meeting with Hrair .His is an ace photographer and is very very dedicated professional.I wish him the very best in all his endeavours.
Michael Stephen
Former Caretaker,Armenian Church,Madras.India.
I traveled with Hawk through Turkey and remember him well for his dedication and enthusiasm as a photographer and for his kindness to me when he acted as my interpreter in the Istanbul bazaar (I still have the neckties that I purchased with his help that day). I own all of his books and I wish him well.