Jerusalem Through my Father’s Eye, Kevork Kahvedjian, Elia Photo Service, Jerusalem, 1998.

This book presents a selection of photographs from Elia Kahvedjian complied by his son Kevork Kahvedjian. Elia Kahvedjian (1910-1999), from Urfa by birth, survived the Armenian genocide and grew up in an orphanage in Palestine. He started practicing photography in Jerusalem before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and continued to do so afterwards. His Elia Photo Service was taken up by his son, and later by his grandson Elia (or Eli) Kahvedjian.

REFERENCES

Article by Arda Aghazarian on Jerusalem Story

Malikian Collection online exhibit on Elia Khavedjian