Given the compelling and rich history of Armenian photography, this website created by Joseph Malikian will exhibit the work of the many Armenian studios that existed in the Near East from the 1850s to the 1960s.  While Armenian photography will be the focus of this website, the Malikian Collection initiated by Joseph Malikian and Jeanne Delaney Malikian will also highlight the work of the many renowned non-Armenian photographic studios whose contribution was significant to the visual representation of the Near East in the mid to late 19th century. 

This project welcomes anyone who may be able to contribute to the history of the studios under study.  Descendants of the photographers or those familiar with the studios that once existed may contact Joseph Malikian via email (jmalikian@optonline.net).