Portraits of Survival: The Armenians of Bourj Hammoud

by Ariane Delacampagne

Bourj Hammoud in northeast Beirut is home to a close-knit, vibrant Armenian community of shopkeepers, craftspeople and artists, young and old, a thriving combination of modern commerce and traditional trades. In less than a century the area has transformed itself from a tent city of refugees--the Armenians who fled Turkey in 1915 and began flocking here in the 1920s--to a bustling urban economic center. It is here that Ariane Delacampagne, a photographer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2757208179
• ISBN13: 9782757208175
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Somogy Art Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.8" x 10.7"