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Photographer’s 32 Captivating Photos Show The Emotional Depth Of Childhood
Samuel Voskanyan has a knack for capturing childhood in its rawest form—no forced smiles, no artificial setups, just kids being kids. His black-and-white portraits strip away distractions, leaving only pure emotion and storytelling in their most powerful form. Specializing in photographing children from rural Armenia, Voskanyan’s work has an almost cinematic feel—think less “say cheese” and more “eyes that have seen a thousand stories.”
With impeccable control over light and shadow, he brings out the textures of daily life, whether it’s the wind-tousled hair of a child staring off into the distance or the quiet strength in a pair of dirt-smudged hands.
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Samuel Voskanyan doesn’t rely on polished backdrops or posed smiles to tell a story. His lens captures childhood in its quietest, rawest moments. A girl shielding her eyes from the sun. A boy standing barefoot in the dust, looking straight into the camera like he’s lived a hundred lives already. These are the kind of scenes Samuel preserves, where every wrinkle in the clothing and every shadow across a cheek says more than words ever could.
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What makes his photography stand out is the feeling that he’s not just documenting life. He’s honoring it. The kids in his portraits don’t just look at the camera. They look through it. It’s like they’re letting us in on a world we’ve forgotten how to see. There's nothing staged or exaggerated. Just honesty, captured in black and white.
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April Pickett 9 months ago
It's a horrible world that puts a look like that on a child's face.
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Kathleen Diesman 9 months ago
Somebody shout for Lassie! Looks like Timmy is stuck in the well laughing 😃
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Alicia York 9 months ago
Humanity. Often the greatest acts of humanity are found amongst the rubble of decaying dreams when the ingenuity of our souls is forced to find joy in what remains—be it a family member, a neighbor, or an old broken fan that is repurposed to reflect the regality of what can't be so easily broken: our spirit. There is a depth that births from the brokenness, the brokenness of a system that promises total independence upon reaching success. And through its cracks emerges our inherent interdependence, our humanity.
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Multa Nocte 9 months ago
Hidrėlėy, thank you for this look into Armenian life. Such lovely children. I love it how you expand our boundaries with your pictures from so many different cultures.
Multa Nocte 9 months ago
Hidrėlėy, thank you for this look into Armenian life. Such lovely children. I love it how you expand our boundaries with your pictures from so many different cultures.
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