ARA GULER AWARDED WITH FRENCH VERMEIL MEDAL
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
09.09.2009 21:05 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Christophe Girard, deputy mayor of Paris, honored
Turkish photographer of Armenian heritage Ara Guler with the "Vermeil
Medal" during a ceremony Tuesday held at the municipal building
in the French capital within the framework of the "Turkey Season"
activities in France.
The award is being granted to dignitaries who make artistic
contributions to the people of Paris.
The Paris Municipality had decided to also decorate Turkish director
Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Nobel-laureate author Orhan Pamuk with the
same medal.
An exhibition comprised of black-and-white photographs taken by
Ara Guler in Istanbul between 1950 and 1960 will open at the Maison
Europeenne de la Photographie on Tuesday evening.
The exhibition will stay open through Oct. 11, HDN reported.