Yepraksia Barseghyan-Gevorgyan
Genocide survivor Yepraksia Barseghyan-Gevorgyan’s daughter Lena, 85, and her great grandchild Sashik, 43, near the house in the Amberd village where Yepraksia lives now.
Yepraksia Barseghyan-Gevorgyan, now 101, was very young when the family fled the village of Lazoyi Marvak in the Kars region.
A coffee break at the family’s residence.
Sashik Gevorgyan, 43 and Yepraksia Gevorgyan, 101, sit beside each other while drinking coffee.
Apricot juice is a favorite treat at the Barseghyan-Gevorgyan’s.
Three generations of the Gevorgyans in their home.
Lena makes coffee for the family.
Mother (right) and daughter (left) in their home.
Yepraksia makes her way to the kitchen.
At night, Yepraksia, 101, and Lena, 85, light candles to navigate their way.
A portrait of Yepraksia Barseghyan-Gevorgyan, 101, at night.
Lena Gevorgyan makes way in the dark, holding a candle.
In her bedroom, Yepraksia Barseghyan-Gevorgyan holds a photograph. Yepraksia remembers her life in an orphanage in Gyumri, Armenia, very vividly.
Photography by Diana Markosian and Karen Mirzoyan.