Black and White Landscapes - # - www.vahep.com

This gallery contains some of my older black and white images, mostly shot on film, that are still "keepers." The gallery includes photographs from Armenia, Yosemite, and beyond. Please make sure to check out my more recent photos from Armenia, in Color and in infrared black and white, and Yosemite in Color and in infrared black and white.

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Sevanavank Cloudscape - With the landscape scorched by the harsh August sun, I turned skyward to capture Sevanavank Monastery rising defiantly againt summer-time clouds.
Photographed August 1, 2006.

Khatchkar Detail, Noraduz Cemetery - This moss-covered khatchkar is one of the many ancient tombstones found in Noraduz Cemetery, on the shores of Lake Sevan, in the Gegharkunik Region of Armenia. Photographed October 10, 2004.

Karahundj (Zorats Karer) - Karahundj, also known as Zorats Karer, is a 2nd Millenium BC Stonehenge-like rock formation on a plain outside Sisian, in the Syunik Region of Armenia.
Photographed October 6, 2004

Poplars in Silhouette - The Poplar (Bardi) is the national tree of Armenia.
Photographed June, 2003, with infrared-sensitive film.

The Precipice of Jdrduz, Shushi - Jdrduz, the giant crag atop which Shushi rests, holds watch over the Hoontz River valley. Photographed June, 2003.

The Enchantress, an ancient oak - This ancient oak spreads its limbs eastward on the road northward from Berdzor (Lachin) to Karavajar (Kelbajar). Photographed August 9, 2006.

Askeran Fortress, Nagorno-Karabakh - Askeran Fortress, in the Askeran Region of Nagorno-Karabakh, straddles the road from Stepanakert to Askeran. Photographed June, 2003.

The Ancient Oak - This ancient oak tree guards one of the springs on the road northward
from Berdzor (Lachin) to Karavajar (Kelbajar). Photographed August 9, 2006.

Ancient Tree in Toros Ishkhan's Forest, Ditsmairi - Toros Ishkhan's forest in Ditsmairi, in the Kovsakan Region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a grove of ancient trees, some of which are reported to be over one thousand years old. Photographed October 7, 2004.

Sevanavank Cloudscape - With the landscape scorched by the harsh August sun, I turned skyward to capture Sevanavank Monastery rising defiantly againt summer-time clouds.
Photographed August 1, 2006.