armenia

People: Sofa Dallakian Place: flower shop on Kasian street Camera: Fujifilm x100

camera: zenith em place: my (old) place on Tumanyan street

B&W film photos from summer 2013. Made with Zenit EM.

Pictures were taken in Yerevan, Dilijan, Musaler, Byurakan and on the road near Fioletovo.

Camera: Zenit EM (film) Place: Sayat-Nova street

So we were driving from Yerevan to Tbilisi, and somewhere in northern Armenia we had a car accident. These are some film photos made with Zenit. Car was already raised back.

Just before the accident, I was probably was reading. I remember that I felt turbulence and when I looked up I saw our car was off the road and a Kamaz next to us. Apparently Norayr, our driver, tried to pass the truck, but it pushed us off the road. We lost control over the car, it went back to the road and hit the Kamaz.

At that point it was like being in a movie. Everything happened very fast. You hadn’t even time to be scared. I don’t remember clearly the impact itself, but I remember that the car turned on its right. The first thing I remember was Satanik laughing. Magically, no one was killed or even injured.

Place: near Toumanian village Camera: Zenit EM People: Norayr, Satanik, bystander

Last weekend I bought a Zenit EM from the flee market of Yerevan (Vernissage). As Norayr told me: it’s the best way to start professional photography if you can’t afford an expensive digital camera.

So here are some of my first shots. Frankly, I haven’t used a photographic film for more than a decade and I never had my own SLR camera before. So don’t be too critical ։-)

From my Nokia 3mpx phone + some GIMP-ing experiments