Armenian photographer Anahit Hayrapetyian is a passionate believer in the power of photography to empower women. Along with fellow renowned Armenian photographers Nazik Armenakian and Anush Babajanian, she founded 4Plus, a women’s photography collective working to support women in the profession by organizing exhibitions, training, and workshops. The trio also want to change perceptions of women in Armenia in the way they are portrayed as the subject matter in photos. (All photos courtesy of 4Plus)
Photojournalists Changing The Image Of Women In Armenia
Anush Grigoryan, a 19-year-old Armenian female boxer. Grigoryan decided at the age of 9 that she wanted to be in the ring and has been training ever since. She hopes to take part in the 2016 summer Olympics.
A Muslim woman stands in front of her tonir, a clay oven for baking bread, which was built using stones from the church on the left.
A woman prepares a bus where she will have to live with her young daughter after getting divorced from her husband.
"Tikush" is one of the few women who drive a taxi in Armenia.
"Layma" says that being transgender in Armenia feels like wearing a "stamp of loneliness."
Street portrait, Yerevan.
Street portrait, Yerevan.
Street portrait, Yerevan.
Younger brother and grandmother of a woman called "Marie," who returned to live with her family following her divorce.
The founders of 4Plus (from left to right): Nazik Armenakian, Anahit Hayrapetian, and Anush Babajanian.