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FRESNO
1:00 pm Sunday, May 17, 2009
Discover Armenia: Book Signing and Luncheon
Slide show of historic sites in Armenia and Karabagh, with presentation on eco-tourism and Armenian ecology.
St. Paul Armenian Church, 3767 N. First Street, Fresno, California
Free Admission to Event / Optional Lunch Ticket $10
PASADENA
7:30 pm Monday, May 18, 2009
Armenia and Karabagh Travelogue and Author Talk
Presentation on the adventure of the making of the first-ever commercial travel guide to Armenia, illustrated with a slide show of the authors’ photography from Armenia and Karabagh.
Distant Lands Bookstore, 56 S. Raymond Street, Pasadena, California
Free Admission
PHOTO EXHIBITS AND BOOK SIGNINGS
ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT
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Art of Armenian Photography Contest Winners Announced. Laszlo Lorand Lieszkovszky, a US Peace Corps volunteer serving in Vanadzor, Armenia, is a First Place Winner in the 2008 Art of Armenian Photography Contest, sponsored by Stone Garden Productions. Lieszkovszky earned First Place in the category of Historic Sites with his panoramic photograph of Noravank and the surrounding hills dusted with a light cover of snow.
The other winners in this year’s Art of Armenian Photography Contest are Eli Burak, of Windsor, Vermont, whose image of Mt. Aragats earned him First Place in the Landscapes category; and Balazs Pataki, of Brussels, Belgium, whose portrait of a woman in a crowded market captured First Place in the Portraits category.
The international photography competition was open to both professional and non-professional photographers and drew entries from the US, Canada, Belgium, Armenia, and Hungary. View the winning photos.
USA Book News announced on November 1, 2007 that it had selected 'The Stone Garden Guide: Armenia and Karabagh' as the Best Travel Guide of the year. This is the third book award for this popular title, and the news was covered prominently in the Armenian Reporter newspaper. View the story.
The Hayastan All Armenian Fund featured the Stone Garden Guide in its 2007 Annual Report. Authors Matthew Karanian and Robert Kurkjian describe their journeys throughout Karabagh during the making of the country guide. View the story. More information about the All Armenian Fund is available from their website, www.himnadram.org.
The Armenian Reporter, which has the largest-circulation among Armenian newspapers in the US, featured the Stone Garden Guide in its April 28, 2007 edition. The article, an “inside look” at the Stone Garden Guide, calls the book “beautifully photographed and meticulously compiled.” View the story.
The National Public Radio (NPR) show “Travel with Rick Steves” featured Stone Garden Guide authors Matthew Karanian and Robert Kurkjian in coast-to-coast broadcasts on September 16-17, 2006.
The radio show coincided with the September release of Second Edition of the popular “Stone Garden” travel guide, and also with the 15th anniversary of the independence of Armenia.
The nationwide broadcast, which encourages tourism to both Armenia and Karabagh, is unprecedented in the US, says Karanian. “Armenia is frequently in the news, but seldom as a holiday destination, and certainly not on a national broadcast.”
To listen to the broadcast on the Rick Steves website, go to http://www.ricksteves.com/radio/archive.htm#66.
Transitions Abroad Magazine features Armenia volunteerism in its September 2006 edition. The article, written by Matthew Karanian and Robert Kurkjian, features photography and information from the newly-released Stone Garden Guide to Armenia and Karabagh. View the story.
Czech Airlines Review, the in-flight magazine of Czech Airlines, features a story about Armenia’s fabled Mt. Ararat in its September-October 2006 edition. The story is written and illustrated with photographs by Matthew Karanian and Robert Kurkjian. The article appears in both English and Czech. View the story.
CNN Traveller, one of the largest-circulation magazines in the United Kingdom, features a story about the Birds of Armenia in its April 2005 edition. The story is written and illustrated with photographs by Robert Kurkjian and Matthew Karanian. View the story.
Armenian Arts Magazine tells the story of how The Stone Garden Guide was created, in its September-October 2006 edition. View the story.
Impressions Magazine, the in-flight magazine of British Airways, features a story about renewable energy in Armenia in its Fall 2004 edition. The story is adapted from the Ecology chapter of "The Stone Garden Guide to Armenia and Karabagh," by Matthew Karanian and Robert Kurkjian. Read the entire story at http://impressions-ba.com
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Photo Life, a leading monthly magazine for professional photographers, features “The Faces of Armenia” in its September 2004 edition. The photography and text are by Robert Kurkjian and Matthew Karanian. The article offers insight into how the photographers succeeded in capturing the spirit of Armenia in their poignant photography. |
Frommer's Budget Travel, the monthly travel magazine, features the Armenia photography of Robert Kurkjian and Matthew Karanian in its (April 2004) edition. Click to view the story just as it appears in the magazine.
Photo District News, the monthly journal for professional photographers, features a story about Robert Kurkjian and Matthew Karanian in their April 2003 edition. The feature, "A Passion For Armenia," includes four color photographs from their photo book "Out of Stone." Read the Story
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