The photo project “Home is” captures the everyday lives of people around me as they engage in activities they enjoy. Shot with a Zenit ET camera using black and white film, these images frame life in motion. This camera belonged to my uncle, and after his passing, it came into my hands. Initially thought to be unusable after decades of neglect, it miraculously started working again after some repairs.
Honoring my uncle’s legacy, I aimed to revive it and capture moments once more. The shots are experimental; while they may lack technical precision, they convey the movement and emotions of the people involved. After each session, I asked participants, “What is home to you?” Their responses reveal their genuine beliefs about the concept of “home.”
“As it is said – home is not a building, it’s a person. Home is the feeling of freedom, tranquillity, and peace. In a broader sense, home is the Homeland, where I feel myself at home in every corner of it,” Arev said, a tour guide and Armenian carpet weaver.
“Home is the family for which I lived my whole life. Life would have been meaningless without a home, without family. Home is an indispensable part of life, I might say,” Luiza said, a doctor, my mother-in-law.
“Home is everything and that’s it,” Gegham said, retired economist, my dad.
“Home is a family tree,” Tamara said, a cat lover, my neighbor.
