TITLE: It was called the Karabagh conflict

Starting from the beginning of the N. Karabagh conflict (called Artsakh conflict in Armenian)I traveled to N. Karabagh in 1990 for the first time and took photographs during what is called the first Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. I took photos of the fighters in trenches and in their efforts of resistance trying to preserve their ancestral lands against Azerbaijan. I was among the few photojournalists to reach the village of Getashen and other parts of the Shahoumyan region shortly before Operation Ring in 1991. I returned regularly to Armenia and Artsakh, taking photographs of the war and the consequences it had on the Armenian population- mothers losing their sons, children playing the war, the spirit of the resilience.....In 2023 with the "final" stage of the Karabagh conflict the entire Armenian population was displaced from their ancestral lands and moved to Armenia. I traveled there to capture these sad moments....

AUTHOR: Armineh Johannes (France)

Biography
I (Armineh Johannes) was born in Tehran, Iran (from Armenian parents); and studied in England where I obtained a Journalism Diploma, and later in France, where I obtained a B.A. in History and a B.A in English.

I started my photography career in 1986 with my first assigned in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. My work has been mainly on the Middle East and ex- Soviet Union countries. I started working on various assignments in Armenia since 1989 and continue to do so up to this day.

In 1997 I decided to go to Armenia and stay there for one year in order to have a more profound understanding of their lifestyle and customs. That period was one of the most enriching and interesting experiences of my life…
During the past thirty years I has been documenting the life of Armenians in the Middle East and around the world.

My humanitarian photography has been largely published by well-known international magazines and Newspapers around the world such as Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Le Monde, Peuples du Monde, Libération, L’Express, Révolution, Photo Reporter, UN Multimedia, Foto Pratica (Italy), Marie Claire (Italy), Pop Eye (Japan), Asahi Graph (Japan), Asahi Magazine (Japon), AIM (USA), La Vie, Femme Actuelle, France-URSS (France), Famille chrétienne, Photography (England), Nouvelles d’Arménie Magazine (France), Photo Pratica (Italy) etc.
I held several exhibitions in France in Portugal and in the United States. In 1990, the prestigious French Newspaper “Le Monde” organized a solo photo exhibition of my work in its halls in Paris. https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1991/02/09/armenie-1990_4012447_1819218.html
I currently work as a freelancer but also collaborate with “Les Nouvelles d’Armenie Magazine”, an Armenian magazine published in France.
I am working on having a photo book published of my work on Armenia.