Database of Armenian photo-media practitioners

Arshag Boyadjian

1890 - 1920s

Two Armenian brothers – possibly migrants from Western Armenia. Established a studio in Shumen, Bulgaria. One of the brothers is Arshak Boyadjian and each seemed to have a separate studio in later years. They are one of the earliest proponents of ‘artistic’ or pictorial portrait photography in Bulgaria.

Nationality

Bulgarian, Armenian

Region

Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

City

Shumen

Studio

Boyadjian Freres

Activity

studio

Media

analogue photography

Collections

Lusadaran Armenian Photography Foundation, Yerevan