Khristina Ripak

Heritage, atmosphere, physical culture, and everyday public life — across Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, India and beyond.

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Shaft of light illuminating weathered stone inside a dark medieval Armenian monastery.

ARMENIA · 2025

Sacred stone

Between fine-art and heritage documentation: Armenian cave churches, chapels, icons, and stone interiors shaped by light, devotion, and time.

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A dining table with a lace tablecloth, set with four cups and saucers in orange, blue, and white, in front of a wall with peeling paint and an old large mirror. Behind the table is a wooden cabinet with glass doors and an electrical outlet on the wall.

ARMENIA · 2025

Mountain lives

Daily life in Armenia's highland villages and gorge towns — labour, livestock and a welcome cup of coffee.

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A red bicycle is parked in front of a weathered beige wall with a window and a door. The window has a metal grid and the door is covered with a striped curtain. There is a yellow cloth draped over the bicycle seat. Items such as shoes and flip-flops are scattered on the ground nearby.

INDIA · 2026

Where colour gets in

Documentary photography series shot in Kolkata, India. Weathered walls, temple shrines, ghats, passing figures — how colour arranges itself in one of the most layered cities in the world.

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Large mosque illuminated at dusk, with many people sitting and standing in front of it, some taking pictures.

CENTRAL ASIA · 2025

Heritage nights

Twilight across the Silk Road — Samarkand, Bukhara, Turkestan. The cities after the heat has gone, when life is only beginning.

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I do not stage what I find.

I watch. I wait. The scene is already there. My part is to trust it, follow the light, and let the shadows stay where they fall.

Open doorway and quiet light, Bukhara — from Heritage Nights, 2025