PostsCommentsPayoutsnamiks (76)in Photography Lovers • yesterdayHalloween on 35mm Pan 400 Film StockHalloween isn't something that is widely celebrated within Armenia. The nation is deeply traditional and incredibly religious. So the thought of Halloween to many still brings…namiks (76)FILMMAKERin Movies & TV Shows • 2 days ago'Crystal Swan' Review: The nonexistent American Dream in 90s BelarusAs part of my recent addiction with the 4:3 aspect ratio and dive back into the more arthouse genre, I've found myself searching through the Internet in attempt to itch an itch…namiks (76)in Cross Culture • 3 days agoCultureQ #1: My earliest memories of a foreign cultureThe picture here is unrelated, just a film photograph of mine to give the post a thumbnail. It took me a while to think of what the earliest cultural memory would be. I think…namiks (76)FILMMAKERin Movies & TV Shows • 3 days ago'Ida' Review: A photographic beautyI haven't watched much recently. A few horror films for Halloween that I enjoyed. And recently watching through a television series from Austria called Inspector Rex, which is…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 4 days agoA walk through the Soviet Arabkir district of YerevanI had a recent idea to start doing focused projects based on the individual districts on Yerevan. Little photography and video explorations that show some of the differences of…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 5 days agoThe search for new streets and old lensesYerevan is a small city. It's not one that would take you many years to explore if you have the time. I often feel like I have explored the vast majority of its streets, and that…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 7 days agoThe itch to shoot filmToday I took the 35mm Canon AE-1 out for a spin. I had way too much gear on my body but I found myself roaming the streets with a thirst I hadn't felt in a long, long time. My…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 8 days agoCats, Dogs, and Armenian KhachkarsNow that the tourism of summer has come to an end, I'm starting to notice the stray dogs and cats entering the streets again. As the chaos of the busy days and nights has been…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 9 days agoThe rainy days are finally hereI checked the weather forecast the other day and it claimed there was a single day of upcoming rain. I didn't forget that. I kept checking, I kept looking on various websites…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 10 days agoSearching for history in the quiet streetsBack in Armenia, and certainly feeling the fatigue. But this is no time for rest. There's money to be made. Streets to capture. Creativity to be explored to no end. I forced…namiks (76)in Worldmappin • 11 days agoIn The Mountains of Didi Gonduri, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia I didn't bring any of my camera gear with me on this weekend trip. I felt uneasy about doing so. The situation in Georgnamiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 15 days agoA therapeutic day of explorationFor the first time in a while I spent the entire day out in the streets, just walking and observing. Occasionally finding myself sitting on the crumbling walls or benches of old…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 16 days agoDocumenting the historic statues of a Yerevan parkThe Soviet Union was heavily influenced by the beauty of the Roman Empire. It's incredibly evident with its love for mosaics, bas-reliefs, and various types of statues. These are…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 17 days agoAutumn in the old courtyards of YerevanMy motivation to get out and shoot things is incredibly high at the moment. The transition into autumn is finally starting to be visible here in Yerevan and the streets are…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 18 days agoCapturing the streets and some signs of autumn in YerevanI haven't been getting out all that much lately, but it's something I've been craving a lot. In Yerevan it's still (somehow) a bit sunny and warm, the trees are still only just…namiks (76)in Photography Lovers • 21 days agoThe early scenes of autumn in the mountains of ArmeniaIn some parts of Armenia the autumn atmosphere has slowly been chugging along. Where October is often still considered summer with quite a strong heat found within the daytime…namiks (76)FILMMAKERin Movies & TV Shows • 23 days ago'The Old Dark House' 1932 Review: A metaphor on the degradation of societyIt's about time I reached one of these titles. One that steps a bit away from the usual monster creation and takes us into the walls of an unsettling building. An old home that…namiks (76)FILMMAKERin Movies & TV Shows • 24 days ago'The Man Who Laughs' 1928 Review: The film that led to the creation of the JokerThis is the earliest film of the Universal monsters lineup that I have seen. Many of the previous were ranging around the decade of the 1930s, featuring the main titles that came…namiks (76)FILMMAKERin Movies & TV Shows • 25 days ago'Frankenstein' 1931 Review: The question of what a monster isIt should be to no surprise to anyone that I decided to write about 1931's Frankenstein, after writing about Dracula the other day, as well as The Invisible Man. These are films…namiks (76)FILMMAKERin Movies & TV Shows • 26 days ago'The Black Cat' 1934 Review: The real horror is the brainwashed mindGoing into this Halloween season, I've been quite surprised by the sheer number of films I had never even heard of that reside within Universal's famous Monster Universe. Perhaps…
