Database of Armenian photo-media practioners

Rudik Vazgeni Hakobyan

born 1941

1960 - 1990s

Rudik Hakobyan has worked as a photojournalist for Armenpress agency for many years. His career began in 1960 at the Armenian Telegraphic Agency after which he transferred to Armenpress in 1964.(1)

Hakobyan has extensively photographed the urban, cultural and economic life of Armenia. His photographs are info-chronical, prescribed to serve as illustrations for news stories. From an archival perspective, his images of local architecture and panoramas of Yerevan, as well as the reportage series representing Armenia’s light industry, are particularly valuable. 

1) For biographical details see Vahan Kochar, Hay Lusankarichner [Armenian Photographers], self-published, 2007, p.187

Nationality

Armenian

Region

USSR, Armenia, ArmSSR

City

Yerevan

Activity

documentary, photo correspondent, photojournalist

Media

analogue photography

Bibliography

Kochar, Vahan. Hay Lusankarichner [Armenian Photographers, in Armenian], self-published, 2007, p.187

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