life in yerevan, armenia | Padani

The last two weeks have been insane and in some sense overwhelming. I've decided that my favorite part of Yerevan is the Cafesjian Art Center. The massive cascading steps are reminiscent of the Spanish Steps in Rome, but with an Armenian character. It's also incredible that we somehow always manage to end up here on any given night.

The closing ceremonies of the Golden Apricot Film Festival were a testament to the growth of Yerevan over the past couple of years. Its events like this that make me quickly fall in love with the city.

Aside from Yerevan, I've busy working on my project, and will soon post some of the images of the concerts, and the places outside of Yerevan that I've visited.

In the mean time, check out some of the the images of the last week or so.

Atom Egoyan (3rd from the right) front and center for the closing ceremonies of the golden apricot international film festival //

the second portion of construction of the Cafesjian Art Center in Yerevan //

street vendor //

the flowing fountains of the cafesjian art center //

Archbishop Grigoris Buniatian in echmiadzin //

yerevan, armenia //

closing ceremony for the the 7th annual golden apricot film festival //

child laughing //

this would have been me when I was 5 years old in yerevan //

sunset against near the opera house //

made in the USSR, written on the tire of an armored vehicle on display near mayr hayrenik //

the moon above yerevan //

famous armenian singer forsh (vahan gevorkian) in yerevan late night //

photographers capturing the golden apricot film festival //

man passing street vendors by an underpass //

fountains of the cafesjian art center //

in echmiadzin //

old woman //

young woman //

the dependability of russian cars //

worker rolls over freshly laid path //

a scene from armenia today, that looks like armenia 20 years ago //

tired and hungover from a wedding //

police marching band plays to commemorate the closing ceremonies of the golden apricot film festival //

art critic Shahen Khachatryan in echmiadzin //

minister discussing the newly laid roads //

fountains of the cafesjian art center //

crane during construction of the cafesjian art center //

late night wine and cheese //

armenian film director and the general director of the Golden Apricot Film Festival, Harutyun Khachatryan //

a big audience for the closing ceremonies of the film festival //

late night at the cafesjian art center //

workers taking a break //

cats through a window //

two old women sitting on a bench in yerevan //