Born in Adanam, Vahan Avedisian emigrated to Cyprus after the 1909 or 1915 massacres of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire. Settling in Nicosia in the early 1920s, he founded the Avedisian Brothers studio with his brother Artashes. The establishment mostly made portraits for administrative or family needs. Avedisians' business began to really flourish when the brothers started publishing postcards depicting Cyprus’ picturesque sights. Tastefully photographed and printed in high quality, these postcards were extremely popular both with locals and the tourists alike. It is noteworthy that many of the cards represented not only conventional historical monuments, but also contemporary events and modern phenomena. Avedisians' studio output of landscape and portrait photography is not marked by formal experimentation or artistic aspiration, but is an illuminating visual archive of Cypriot life made with great care and attention. 

As with most Armenian photo-studios of the early twentieth century, Avedisian’s business became a training ground for other Armenian photographers. Amidst their apprentices were future Cypriot-Armenian photographers such as Kirakos Zartarian and others.

Vigen Galstyan, 2016