Martuni district, on the way to go to a wedding.

In 1998 the only rehabilitation centre in NK - Nagorno Karabagh- has been built in the capital of Stepanakert. Since then, the centre is in charged of 20 patients who come daily and of 15 patients who stay for a long period there. Manoush, 25 years old,

Nagorno Karabagh, meaning "Montainous Black Garden" -the Armenians prefer the name "Artsakh" the former Albanian name- summits to an altitude of 3.724 meters.Fighting continued into early 1994. At present, the mediation process is at a standstill.

Memorial for students of the State University of Stepanakert who lost their life during the conflict between 1988-1994.

Young pilgrims are coming regularly to visit and pray at the Monastory of Gandzassar. Built between 1216 and 1218, this religious place has been for many centuries the cultural and spitirutal center of the province of Karabagh.

Collective buses are . Because the roads have been destroyed during the conflict, the Armenian Diaspora has mainly sponsored the reconstruction of the main roads that crossed the country from North to South, and West to East.But still lot's of roads need

A sheperd in the field of the town of Shushi.

Destroyed buildings in Shushi. Situated 10 km from the actual capital - Stepanakert- Shushi has been badly damaged in 1992 by the Azeri army. Since then even if Shushi has started a rehabiliation program there are still many destroyed buildings that remin

A young boy praying at the Gandzassar Monastery in the Northern part of the country. First country that has been officially converted to Christiannism the Armenians are nevertheless not so much Catholics or Protestans but mostly from the Apostolic Armenia

Autumn in Karabagh.

Ira and Manoush at the Lady Cox rehabiliation centre of Stepanakert. Manoush needs to recover her motricity after a hart attack and Manoush from a genetical desease that paralyzes half of her body.

8 years old girls playing in the street of Shushi.

Traditionnal wedding in Karabagh. Once the bridegroom arrived in his future wife's house in the countryside of Martuni district, all the men including the bridegroom wait outside of the house while the bride is getting dressed surrounded by her female rel

Main place of Stepanakert where people takes the collective buses to go to their destination.

After that the Azeri have left Shushi in 1994, they left many bombs in the Saint Sauveur church. Once the church has been rebuilt after the war, children are using the metallic structures from the rest of the bombs for their playground.

Carps on sale in one of the main streets of Stepanakert.

A 12 years old boy, in the countryside of Karabagh, playing with the water dropping from a waterfall.

The bride has to leave her family in the countryside of Martuni. She will now live with her husband in her family in law. New couples can't afford to leave on their own and need support from on the two families.

Maher, 29 years old, has been a military for 13 years. After his military service he quitted the army but very soon he decided to join it back because it was more paid and he can get a pension after 30 years of service.

Bus station in Stepanakert.

Armenian refugees from Baku - Azerbaidjan- come to register to the community of Refugees to claim -15 years after the beginning of the conflict- the properties they have lost when they had to flee from Baku to NK in 1988.

Vartan, 37 years old, was involved in the Armenian army in 1993 when he has been badly injured with two others militaries in a tank during the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaidjan. On the 13th of March 1993 he lost his left leg in nevertheless till to

Street of Shushi, the former historical capital of NK, before Stepanakert. Twice devastated in the 20th century by the Azeri assaults, Shushi is today on a rebuilt process like the all country.

In the backyard of the State University of Stepanakert a memorial for death students during the conflict is hold in order for the actual students not to forget their colleagues and the history of their young national commun history.

National Museum of Stepanakert. Pictures of the self defense forces during the conflict -that fighted on the front line near Martakert between 1988 and 1994- are shown as national heros.

Despite 15 years after the end of the conflict, Shushi and its inhabitants are still suffering from bad living condition. Almost all the families in Shushi live with no heater in the flat, plastic bags instead of glass on the windows and lack of hygienic

Originally she grew up and studied in Baku - Azerbaidjan- but moved in NK in 1972 to work as a teacher in a azerbaidjan school. she now works at the radio station in Stepanakert for "Voice of Justice" - a program that try to settle bridges amongst Azeris

Gaz station in Stepanakert.

Broken windows, heat with burned wood. ... the winters are very hard in Karabahg and its poor population.