Photographer: Famil Mahmudbeyli was born in 1979, in Baku. As his ages of adolescence fell on the years of war years, in 1992, when he was 13 years old, he went to the front. Being a volunteer, he was helping the soldiers, carrying weapons and ammunition in the military unit located in Aghdam. Since that time he took interest in photography and video operating. At the age of 15 he began to work as a decorator in Azerbaijan State Television, then as an operator and montage. Since 2007 he worked as a professional operator, and since 2012 was engaged in filming as a photographer in frontlines and other territories of Azerbaijan.
Over 30 of his photos were demonstrated in the exhibition titled “Description of Peace” (2014) organized by the European Union and Crisis Management Initiative. Now he is an independent photographer.
District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Alibeyli, near the defense line. “Where can we go if we leave our motherland? We are comfortable at home. God is Almighty. If it happens, then we shall die. We shall not leave our garden, our cattle, and our land”.District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Alibeyli, near the defense line. Every second, every minute of this family passes in fear. The garden of this family is in an open area, so the possibility of being shot in the garden is high. A little far from there is the military posts. When the firefights begin, the parents do not know where to hide the children.District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Alibeyli, near the defense line. “Of course I would like my child to grow old without fear and not to hide as soon as there is a fire. Every minute there is the threat of death, life is sweet, but every time when there is a fire, I pray God that the bullets would not hit my child.”District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Aghdam, near the defense line.District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Alibeyli, near the defense line. The children grow old with the sounds of bullets. Every second of their life is under the threat of death.District of Aghdam, 2013. A family living in anxiety all the time, in the village of Mirashalli situated near the defense line. “As Caucasians we were always together and lived friendly”.District of Aghdam, 2014. Village of Mirashalli. The area behind the signboard has been mined.District of Aghdam, 2013. Cemetery of the village of Mirashalli. This cemetery is at a distance of about 200 meters from the Armenian military post. Because of uninterrupted firefights, people have been warned of the danger to their lives in written form.District of Aghdam. Commentary of the Mirashalli village. The habitants of this village say that the Armenian artillery has destroyed many graves in the cemetery though the re is a ceasefire agreement. The commentary of the village is in the frontline. Though it is under fire, the residents of the village still continue burying the dead in this cemetery.District of Aghdam, 2013. Cemetery of the village of Mirashalli. This cemetery is at a distance of about 200 meters from the Armenian military post. Because of uninterrupted firefights, people have been warned of the danger to their lives in written form.District of Aghdara, 2013. Village of Margushevan. People continue living at a distance of one kilometer from the Armenian post.District of Aghdara, 2013. Village of Margushevan. “I see my future in this place.”District of Aghdara, 2013. Village of Margushevan. As everyone they love, marry and generate children, despite the bitterness and misfortunes of the world the children grow up, enjoy their childhood.District of Aghdara, 2013. Village of Margushevan.District of Aghdara, 2013. Village of Margushevan.District of Aghdara, 2013. The village of Margushevan is the village with the least number of residents in the frontline.District of Tartar, 2013. A resident of the village of Gapanly.District of Tartar, 2013. A resident of the village of Gapanly.District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Alibeyli.District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Aghdam, near the defense line.District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Aghdam, near the defense line.
District of Aghdara, 2013. Village of Margushevan.District of Aghdara, 2013. Village of Margushevan.District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Aghdam, near the defense line.District of Tovuz, 2013. Village of Alibeyli, near the defense line.
According to a UNESCO decision, the Mugham of Azerbaijan has been proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. In Azerbaijan proper, where the Mugham is perceived as an integral part of a system of fundamental cultural values of the Azerbaijani people, this decision is viewed both as a recognition of the merits by outstanding representatives of the genre and as a desire to attract the attention of the world’s cultural community to this unique heritage.
The book titled “Nagorno Karabakh: facts versus lies” (Нагорный Карабах: факты против лжи) by Arsen Malik-Shahnazarov, advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the so-called Nagorno Karabakh Republic since 1993, was printed in 3,000 copies by Volshebniy Fonar publishing house (Moscow).
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