EDUCATION1983 – 1992 Yerevan Technical University.
Department of Industrial Engineering, majoring in technology of machinery (metal-cutting machines and devices).
1984 – 1986 Novgorod district, Russia.
Served in Army.
1982 – 1983 Yerevan Technical College #16, majoring in metal-cutting machines and devices.
1972 –1982 Yerevan secondary school # 128.
PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1998 -- Present Internews Armenia
Cameraman and editor.
1984 – Present Freelance still photographer.
1995 – 1998 Moscow, Russia.
Tourism manager in
"Skyway" travels agency.
1991 – 1995 Institute of Scientific Research in Proctology by the Ministry of Health,
Yerevan, Armenia.
Head of the photo laboratory.
1986 – 1990 Worked on a high-risk construction.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
April, 1999 "Professional Journalism and Cameraman art" seminar, organized by Internews,
Tbilisi, Georgia.
November, 1998 "Media and Conflict in the Transcaucasus" seminar, Moscow, Russia.
August – September 1998 "Supporting the Mass Media in the countries of the South Caucasus" conference,
Nagorno Karabakh.
February, 1998 "Professional Journalism and Cameraman art" seminar, organized by Internews,
Tbilisi, Georgia.
November, 1997 "Professional Journalism and Cameraman art" seminar, organized by Internews, Tbilisi, Georgia.
PUBLICATIONS "Impressions" magazine, British Airways, London.
"Climbing" magazine, USA.
"Garun" magazine, "Komsomolets", "Republic of Armenia" and other newspapers and magazines, Yerevan, Armenia.
Postage-stamps for "Namakanish" publishing house,
Yerevan, Armenia.
Posters, calendars, post-cards for local companies.
Calendars for the ‘Birds Of Armenia’ and ‘Acopian Nature Conservation’ projects for the year 2005
Calendar for the ‘Naregatsi Art Institute" for the Year 2006
Shooting for Preta-A-Porter fashion shows and catalogs in 2004 and 2005yy.
Shooting for the "Prolighting" Company’ catalog.
HONORS AND AWARDS The documentary film "Ayb Ben Gim", at which I was a cameraman, received the first prize at the "Eurasian TV forum - 1999", Moscow, Russia.
MARITUAL STATUS Married.
LANGUAGES Armenian, Russian, English.
HOBBY Mountaineering and hiking, music, philosophy.
REFERENCES Nune Sargsyan
Managing Director of
Internews Armenia
23 Demirchian st., Yerevan, Armenia
tel.: (3742) 26.53.20 (h.);
` 52.55.27 (of.)
Levon Grigoryan
Cameraman and editor in
the Armenian department of
"ORT" TV station, Russia..
tel. (3742) 56.63.45 (h.);
56.64.08 (of.)
Hovannes Hakobyan
Cameraman and editor of
the Armenian department of
"NTV" TV station, Russia