VARTABEDIAN TO EXHIBIT PHOTOS OF ARMENIA
By Paul Tennant, ptennant@eagletribune.com

Eagle Tribune
Jan 16 2009
MA

Retired news reporter and photographer Tom Vartabedian of Haverhill
will present a photographic exhibit of his work titled "Armenian
Village People – A Country Kaleidoscope" in the ArtSpace Gallery in
Bentley Library at Northern Essex Community College on the Haverhill
campus throughout February.

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A public reception is planned Feb. 12,
from 5 to 8 p.m.

The 30 color photographs, which are 10×13, are part of a collection
taken by Vartabedian during his trip to Armenia in 2006.

He paid particularly close attention to life in the outlying regions of
this historic land, whose history dates back 3,000 years. In addition
to the exhibit, Vartabedian also is working on publishing a coffee
table book of his photographs.

Vartabedian spent 40 years as a writer and photographer for the
Haverhill Gazette before retiring in 2007.