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Cinestill 50D. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f15891f070f476ed601d3479a62578aa674f1a34372c000f6faec071cbc79213/original-3.jpg Informal produce stalls, run by local babushkas, populate the streets of Baku. Kodak Ektachrome 100 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f43bf35fa7f7118b2180edcb38c40a3e89b1667f12080ab796732b576ae70af6/original-11.jpg Three hours from Central Baku: ice caves of Quba, near Khilaniq. Kodak Portra 400 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78cc4f9f4ff1ef3a80c99e208a0f32aac466fbcfca9d55f01dc05db1870f86d1/original-6.jpeg A typical chaihana at night. Ganja, Azerbaijan. Kodak Portra 400 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb0be8e2df50a95153e22cc7495b6dbbd12ac09fbea4f16a25bd84cd8814cadc/original-9.jpeg Lake Gölgöl. About 40km away from the Armenian border. Eerily quite while visiting. 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Kodak Portra 400. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d92604c36354b99a9096771883e1dd78cdf8b6fdf01fb69c8d8dfae6de67033f/original-10.jpeg Golden hour at Gölgöl Lake. Kodak Portra 400. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0044c02638406cbb1934721b70ba30e8fd8ce7c1e720325ee40a96cdd03fc9a1/original-13.jpeg A sunset above Goygol National Park. Kodak Portra 400. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af3ccb69b5185fa4fafe97821d2fa21ac0b3ffd48453a8eac7f2f83c12c652fe/original-4.jpeg Baku Ethnographic Makeup, 1890s https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/212a091b78ecac0fd1c936aec07869069a5d0a8a0cd0166c51b6c4dbb99479f7/original.png Erivan Republic Ethnographic Makeup, 1890s https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61b2f3b8ec73831b606412cd59b0ae666ea1cdc9bd6109bc22ae4b91e5c62223/original-14.jpeg 1929 Ethnographic Makeup of Armenia and Azerbaijan https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f25244ba05f7d45944f2c3f128f904e9797525c4fff6c43d942f400b85954a84/original-1.png 2003 Ethnographic Makeup of the Caucasus https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7da44d5815fadb9e6e1184025a89b3badf3b17bd43aae75ed9cd59d2cbbb55a8/original-15.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ed00ef86c2c83593a03ec5316fd9cc08d37d3e53fa5ed8e20c9589f808bb355/original-16.jpeg 1950s Ethnographic Makeup of Azerbaijan and Armenia https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd10d1fe9ebd8c811993cc8a1f467f0faf247631f422dab38a47166dd4752d42/original-12.jpg Overlooking the Lezgic/Russian Border. Kodak Portra 400 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa7a9bb24d444a7cdb7d65c3132c20522b7590bb946bd763b44c134c30a6337c/original-13.jpg In Khinaliq, UNESCO World Heritage Site and predominantly Lezgic village on the Russian border. Kodak Portra 400. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a37862c3391f7451e24821692823758ed21c2af18d635be6a236eeaf87c4293/original-20.jpeg Matenadaran. Cinestill 50D. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13d87cd57130849bb35bb0575e3ebb72733a5b9edaf3094c39f233023c4d592e/original-22.jpeg One of many of Circular Park's fountains. Cinestill 50D. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6eb8ffc03eed56a0757b57464217afa55b6eaa9ae5f12048a268a06cac1659e1/original-18.jpeg A kids' skatepark, outside Saint Gregory The Illuminator Cathedral. Cinestill 50D. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bc9bd5ac37abd0a874245498a005b38e3d88383c5d35d47fbbadd0313032847/original-17.jpeg Swarovski Crystal Palace Exhibition, Cafesjian Center for the Arts. Cinestill 50D. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/170f175fe52f352f5216341bcd9d8512dd9fdee0dc7381a3f69a76490338cd27/original-19.jpeg Cascade Complex, a multi-use facility. Cinestill 50D. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/159f8dee04af691ef7c0985de653892c6fd1c900693ac4ed46fd79c082f63248/original-24.jpeg Central Yerevan. Cinestill 50D. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6aeea72b012015a295c247778dd23b0e2a303ffd0a4a4e6a67b9e4ec70ca11ed/original-23.jpeg Armenian skaters. Cinestill 50D. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7484eea4764bc5f01fb5e04586c66a895f2a4bb14052b7c6cf64ed0a14890ddb/original-21.jpeg Around Yerevan, it's fairly easy to spot anti-Azeri graffiti. But it's rare and promising to find small notes like this, hidden under highway passages. Cinestill 50D. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae340cb1f9aa2b186c508447b879528d71ca205b93e5d84804e11bc1548700f3/original-29.jpeg Two elderly men, holding a picnic in Garni Gorge. Karmir Film 160. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1d1e91c07734d6619c2b309ba5eda2f83c3995104ba0d368ed1ac2a392a9550/original-27.jpeg Vendors outside Geghard. Karmir Film 160. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf25c43203bc72449dd2764a9027c92679eedfafa866da7aeefd66c6da9e9b3a/original-33.jpeg Onlookers in Geghard Monastery. Karmir Film 160. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4cf6d3701333ef27df1987412bca55c1e685d134fd170802db07f5722452767/original-31.jpeg Azat Reservoir. Karmir Film 160. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1748fa4a9f30b820cb1d45808d56a2bcbf7de3f2287a2a757aad78be2aace698/original-34.jpeg A military family having lunch outside Garni Temple. Karmir Film 160. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/461d53b2193a5ad7e342aae913e892990de9e7d835c90117c51a9b1c4d789512/original-26.jpeg Two men pose outside their Lada on Garni Gorge. Karmir Film 160. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0a21dcaa9084a23014f4ce843c5bbfcd22fb2ebdaf46e4f6c5b077972d4294c/original-32.jpeg A man plants a candle in Khor Virab. Karmir Film 160. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef17a82b2006f5d73cccde8bb058dc137abbe53e854c6533bbcc4c299020c015/original-25.jpeg Rain overhangs Dilijan, the "little Switzerland" of Armenia. Karmir Film 160. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53bcc6f0e2ea764273b936c5bd2c64ec6e3d474f1e07feaf082111b46da9cb0f/original-28.jpeg One man, one accordion. Karmir Film 160. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1fe739133d69f8aab2da4bc71a0768b2345fb894b95e7ccc99b76101f150ffda/original-30.jpeg A lone Lada with an Armenian / Artsakh flag heads down the highway towards Yerevan. Karmir Film 160. https://daiterlens.com/How-Light-Shines-Through-the-Caucasus-Part-2-Protest 2023-03-13T02:53:45+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/487d90bf87277f7ecdca64ef93dbade9689d57b370d2e371fe2647f53e4f281e/armenia-portrait.jpeg Pre-assembly prayers held for fallen Armenians during the Genocide. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2259877518e2e531e306251e0631a00911e44b20133d3033017164901efe8a61/original-36.jpeg Nationalism and unity are seen here, bleeding into one another while expressing grief. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a51358eed6666fc3f99f7ba2f9edd38b9ca8d1bf76a48c377d8513730f4e7a3/original-37.jpeg Flags hang everywhere on Remembrance Night. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d945f08f538d4bd2317cf77ccf24ad49ca6a30a3967c6beff5b5afefd7b8df72/original-38.jpeg A few college-aged kids, exhausted after marching from central Yerevan to the Genocide Memorial. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e675efc6620941d76efe66c0c566e6ba9f8f4f908668f48e5df4c36b9e40409/original-39.jpeg The Armenian Opposition Party, one of the main supporters of the remembrance event, organizes this event to almost feel like a concert. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07fb9386a9a9dbbe28bd556ff1b963afeb3c0997a81e3a4ca608b476117c4cfb/original-41.jpeg An Artsakh flag - a common symbol of displaying support for reinvading Nagorno-Karabakh - flies. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/590059264c3d766a40f1a4e3fdc3160397812304ab3606768da6c14a1d95bfc2/original-42.jpeg Walls of grievers travel as one throughout Central Yerevan. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d045194b7abb211a5e6611c82e1e5d2c32dfdec19f71cc226ddaa36bb087d5b0/original-45.jpeg A deluge of supporters convene on the Armenian Genocide Memorial. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/473decadab8351fe3ec8bd30524a1754121043c3e36322674ddb3b976716da4f/original-46.jpeg Tiki torch streaks across the main streets of Yerevan. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45eeb1f9f442bc8154592fc637fefbf0cfde9974a708f3618584b6ed7d4fc8b1/original-47.jpeg Two Armenians light candles in remembrance. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cac221188e924c25e0954a899b67b15d47a352f5d1a88357c0915ac6b4a60f54/original-40.jpeg An air of hesitation surrounded those with tiki torches when asked to be photographed. Thankfully, this person cut through that. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8476ec730514aabfa605c9088995c9ed36d38e450c5ae5bb708728c80ea70f51/original-49.jpeg All age ranges, from children to the elderly, has some sort of flame for Remembrance. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1a071f48096a1f9ec837022252ce6e9038d63b142bad40091cee94dfaa6357e/original-44.jpeg Like Armenians were treated during the Genocide, facelessness provided a centerpiece over which returning Armenians could bond. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88849782d07df3afeb6116aec78c53e82fd96cc24cbff2284292fd05e9c927f8/original-43.jpeg Flags of all countries that acknowledge the Genocide. Cinestill 800T. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36d18f6d52f4928bbfafc85584a56abf6dca145429f09e9630ef2f8913866bfc/original-15.jpg TV crews usually would televise protest events. iPhone. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d337937aafe2337975ba31d89697d8ecb138c5fac7a591d5a222a64c34701e5/original-19.jpg Loudspeakers and pick up trucks: two of the most seen tools used to block streets and move crowds. iPhone. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4254c8a4a9f8af2da5749897753d04c4d53ef3138e4b59b9584baaa1ba40485b/original-17.jpg Speakers brought in, giving televised speeches over a loudspeaker well into the night. iPhone. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b69a3907fc5cb1682a8c5fd3f9a8ab9035c0049fdfbb82b6407e07745e7c0c2/original-18.jpg Police, bussed in, establish a perimeter around the center of weeklong protests against the government. iPhone https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12c1d6cd8a7965fd765437132236e1ac1732d648ee7895428d7b1c6ca2f841db/original-20.jpg Military veterans and opposition party supporters camp out for days at a time in support of encouraging a resignation from the current President. iPhone. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c45476dfad783d651beaa94e8d539a0ae78002d60fa0a26a12be2aa877c5e63/original-16.jpg Press attempt to interview key individuals before the police arrive and surround. Kodak Ektachrome 100. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37dac3f2ffbb53f6c5a8c4524ac4967f3168ef52f41bb8f6da8a237b31ee8452/original-21.jpg Police surround and corner key individuals within a central Baku protest. Kodak Ektachrome 100. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a544783d6bf77de6a7bc5727660a405e82bc2cae39e3edb17f93eea9de03211/original-22.jpg Dozens of police form "barriers" to break shifting crowds, as the protest's location migrates and sprawls throughout a city. Kodak Ektachrome 100. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1458e25c2061d413a3874b4aa6bb7b543338165a9f04b52bce9770178fa6910/original-23.jpg Four men previously seen doing crowd control eye a man in wheelchair demonstrating. Kodak Ektachrome 100. https://daiterlens.com/How-Light-Shines-Through-the-Caucasus-Part-3-Soft-Power-s-Emerging 2023-03-13T02:56:11+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf79136b56f18e0bc3821be5e72f1696bea69f381b3d11ee3b976dfad3716914/original.jpeg One of the first female filmmakers from Azerbaijan, focused on amplifying feminist stories through film. Kodak Ektachrome 100 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fadf6565b904bf1e54a551c07a4a5d11786e7d9661441ccb109b70ca739dd9b/original-1.jpeg Previously in the American military in Afghanistan, Henry assists in producing Middle-Eastern feminist films with his fiancée. Kodak Ektachrome 100 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a07ba668ba9d2aaca6950c72a3532d10a5972e78ae1100b7a752dd1d222abb2c/original.jpeg Circassian wedding (traditionally involving bride abduction on horseback), Azerbaijani wedding, USSR, 1965. Photo credit: Soviet Visuals https://daiterlens.com/Right-Image-Nav 2025-06-12T08:51:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://daiterlens.com/Information 2025-01-06T22:00:00+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a4d0828f35420bfcf3d5ce7f1626f2df19a00ea204d5ca60e06cb989e20442d/000077150015.jpg https://daiterlens.com 2023-03-13T02:30:20+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a4d0828f35420bfcf3d5ce7f1626f2df19a00ea204d5ca60e06cb989e20442d/000077150015.jpg