The Big Picture: Armenia Through Non-Armenian Eyes
Boston.com’s the Big Picture is one of the most awe-inspiring and breathtaking photo series on the web. So when the site recently publishing an amazing look at Russia in color, a century ago, by 19th century photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, we were tempted to do our own reoccurring photo show.
Below you will find various photography that captures the life and times of Armenia found through Flickr, all using a Creative Commons license. It is interesting to note, that only one of these photographs was taken by an Armenian photographer, making up a nice collection of shots of the country and giving Armenia a little more variety than a series of century old churches or mountains.
While you look through the photos, be sure to join our group on Flickr and add your photos to the pool – based on submissions, photographs from the pool will be featured on the site.
![First Phase Digital A 106-year-old Armenian woman sits in front of her home guarding it with a rifle, in the village of Degh, near the border of Azerbaijan. 1990.](http://ianyanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4787089312_895c4f373e_b.jpg)
A 106-year-old Armenian woman sits in front of her home guarding it with a rifle, in the village of Degh, near the border of Azerbaijan. 1990. Creative Commons/United Nations Photo/by Armineh Johannes
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Sevan Highway sign in Armenia It says, from top to bottom, Noraduz, Sevan, Yerevan, Martuni./Creative Commons/by Tommy and Georgie