29 Beautiful Photos Of Armenians Around The World

NYC-based photographer Scout Tufankjian has photographed Armenians across the globe, from Los Angeles to Lebanon.

Almost 100 years ago, more than 1 million people died in the midst of the Armenian genocide. Armenian leaders were rounded up and killed. Men were put to work as beasts of burden. Women and children were forced to march to imaginary camps in Syria that Ottoman Empire authorities knew they would never reach.

The forced eviction from their land created a massive diaspora of Armenian communities around the world. Armenians are now preparing to mark the centennial of that tragedy with the official remembrance day set for April 24. With the visit of reality stars Kim and Khloé Kardashian last week to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, the massacre is getting more attention than it has in years.

Photographer Scout Tufankjian asked Armenians living not just in their homeland but across the globe to submit their thoughts on what their heritage means to them. In this photoseries, a preview of her new book There Is Only the Earth: Images from the Armenian Diaspora Project, Tufankjian combines their answers with the photos she traveled around the world to capture, showing how a people managed to not just survive but thrive after nearly being extinguished.

Little Armenia Parking Lot — Hollywood, California

Syrian Refugee — Berdzor, Nagorno-Karabakh

Lernagog, The Republic of Armenia

Bicknell Park, Armenian Genocide Martyrs Memorial — Montebello, California

Myasnikyan, The Republic of Armenia

Sarkis Zeitlian Center — Anjar, Lebanon

Homenetmen Club — Ramos Mejia, Argentina

The Armenian Gay and Lesbian Association, LGBT Pride Parade — New York City

Armenian Embassy — Washington, D.C.

Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy — Kolkata, India

Église Apostolique Armėnienne Saint-Paul-et-Saint-Pierre — Alfortville, France

St. Nerses Shnorhali Church School — Montevideo, Uruguay

Cathédrale Arménienne Saint Jean-Baptiste — Paris

Papik and Tatik — Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh

Kovsakan, Nagorno-Karabakh

St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Chapel — Kolkata, India

Little Armenia Parking Lot — Hollywood, California

ARF Sardarabad Center — Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon

Sanjak Camp — Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon

San Lazzaro degli Armeni — Venice, Italy

First Republic Day, Freedom Square — Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

Arbatskaya Metro Station — Moscow

Areni Wine Festival — Areni, The Republic of Armenia

The Union of Russian Armenians Sporting Club — Moscow

Turkish Consulate Protest — Los Angeles

Sarkis Zeitlian Center — Anjar, Lebanon

Centre Culturel Alex Manoogian de l'Ugab — Paris

Syrian Refugee — Kovsakan, Nagorno-Karabakh

First Republic Day, Freedom Square — Yerevan, The Republic of Armenia

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