Photo Stories
These photo stories have been published or used in print and online publications, annual reports, and media platforms of international and local organisations, such as the Armenia Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and others.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Stories of displacement, loss and starting over
Double rows of cars mixed with a crowd of people; all sluggishly move along the narrow road. The crowd heads to a large hill that holds a burial ground and stands as a stark reminder of the young lives that have been lost.
ICRC 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: A displaced woman struggles between her past and present
For Margarita Shurkova, displacement is not a novel experience.
ICRC 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: How music helped a displaced boy overcome his fears
A group of teenage musicians get ready to play their instruments. One of them is playing the trumpet, accompanied by a drummer and choir. With his eyes closed and fingers moving deftly over the trumpet keys, the youngster is deeply immersed in the music.
ICRC 2021
Armenia: Limited access to education — the unseen consequence of conflict
This story is about the coexistence of hope and despair, dreams and reality, children and the conflict. And who better to tell it than the children themselves?
ICRC 2020
“The long road to peace following the Nagorno-Karabakh war”
Text: Rasmus Canbäck, Blankspot 2021
Personal på sjukhuset i Nagorno-Karabach: “Det var så mycket blod att vi knappt kunde ta oss fram”
Text: Rasmus Canbäck, Blankspot 2021
Building Futures: Multi-Year Support from France Strengthens UNHCR’s Response in Armenia
UNHCR 2024
I skuggan av EM
Sommaren 2021 spelades fyra EM-matcher i Azerbajdzjans huvudstad Baku. Samtidigt försökte människorna några mil bort i Nagorno-Karabach resa sig efter ett blodigt krig mot diktaturen i öst. Offside tog sig in i en sönderbombad region där fotbollen försöker hjälpa dem som kom tillbaka från fronten med livet i behåll.
Text: Rasmus Canbäck, Offside 2021
The Portrait of the Park
Photos and Stories: Areg Balayan,
GreenRock 2024
The “Sweet Quagmire” of the National Gallery
EVN REPORT 2025
In Books & Magazines
JOT DOWN
Contemporary Culture magazine N˚38
AÚN SIGO BUSCANDO
POR AREG BALAYÁN
Один к одному
Один фотограф — Одна фотография — Один рассказ
Direct Look
- Direct Look Photo Contest — 2017 | 1st Place
- Direct Look Photo Contest — 2020 | Finalist
I Die Slowly Every Day
Rasmus Canbäck
Make a Living Living
Nina Karnikowski
Regional Post
Caucasus
Magazin
Circulation (S)
Fetart
European young photography festival / Paris 2022
À la recherche de la lumière perdue
“We create wars, we hate them, and we create them again.
We create them out of idleness, ignorance and fear. We create darkness and we try to find light within so as not to turn mad. …
We gradually move away from why we were born: to live, admire, marvel and create life. We abandon our dreams, leaving behind the lives of innumerable young people, pain and cries … .
All of our people’s generations are familiar with the smell of canon powder …, the smell of damp and the powerful sensation of it breaking your bones, the howling and unbearable sound of war.
Blessed be the day when all this will be unfamiliar to us, when the smell and taste of war are no longer associated with anything.”
Areg Balayan, Artsakh, 2020
Armenia 1988 — 2018
Photochronicle
K AT H Y
Das Magazin der Pfarrei St. Katharina Horw Nr. 1 — März 2021
Yerevan
Magazin
Echo
Magazin
Armenia Fund
Annual Reports,
“My Home Armenia”
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