"DAME GULIZAR AND OTHER LOVE STORIES"
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In Dame Gulizar and Other Love Stories (Blow Up Press, 2024), photographer Rebecca Topakian dive into her family’s passed-down history: the forbidden love between her ancestors, Garabed and Gulizar, and Garabed’s act of abducting Gulizar on his horse. Desire runs through this work — desire for land, identity, and the body of the other, as a reflection. Combining various photographic styles with family photos printed on stones from her homeland, she creates an intimate, impressionistic portrait of Armenia.