YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the Armenian National Educational and Cultural Union, Canadian Armenian photographer Galust Papian's individual exhibition entitled "Meeting Place Armenia" opened on November 2 at the gallery of the Yerevan Art Academy. More than seven dozens of photos are presented in three, "Parajanov's Series," "Armenia" and "Dear Faces" departments. In words of union director Lilit Galstian, G.Papian's photos were exhibited in different countries of the world, except Armenia. Whereas, the most part of the photos were taken in 1980s when G.Papian first visited the Fatherland. "G.Papian photographer's lens extorted wonderful portraints in the vortex of time, fixing a great number of artists: from Asatur Pztikian to Hrant Matevosian, from Charles Aznavour to Atom Egoyan," L.Galstian said. In G.Papian's words, "he presents through the photos those people to the younger generation who have already been perpetuated with their work." He also mentioned that the population of Armenia knows artists living in different colonies of Diaspora a little. But, in the photographer's words, one must not forget that the mother tongue and culture are kept in Diaspora owing to those people.

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