Armenia, 2022-2023
The Color of the Pomegranate is a documentary work haunted by a single question: Is there a tomorrow beyond tomorrow?
A journey guided by the hesitant gaze of a youth born amid the rubble of Armenia, heir to a history whose complexity and violence continue to resonate today. At the heart of this very real dream, where to look: the West, the East, Russia? In the solitude of a landlocked island, amidst its fragmented landscapes and separated people, where should one sail?
On a more personal level, it is also an unconscious awakening of a sense of belonging to this culture of which, despite my name, I knew almost nothing. A few childhood memories—a mixture of smells, glances, faces—and then dates and places: Anatolia, Cilicia, the Armenian neighborhoods of Bursa, 1915, 1917, Lebanon, Marseille, and Valence. Behind each of these words lie stories and accounts. Told by my great-grandparents, they were sometimes tinged with fiction. In this faltering memory, I forged a new path along Armenia’s borders—with Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan, and Georgia. Caught in this off-screen realm of the imagination, I approached my own, on the other side of the walls, seeking solace.
2025, Shortlisted, Belfast Photo Festival, Ireland
2025, Exhibition, Armenian Spring, Médiathèque d’Écully
2024, Group Exhibition, Les Boutographies – Rencontres Photographiques de Montpellier
2023, Screening, Prix Maison Blanche, Marseille
2023, Hamburg Portfolio Review, Hamburg, Germany
2023, Group Exhibition, Le Bleu du Ciel, Lyon
2023, Screening and Talk, Fondation Bullukian, Lyon
2022, Screening, Festival 9PH, Lyon