Diana Markosian is a Magnum photographer whose work explores the deeply personal, from documenting the lives of young Chechen girls coming of age in the aftermath of war, to her reconnection with her estranged father, to a film on the Armenian genocide survivors. Her work is both conceptual and documentary, allowing her subjects to dictate the outcome of their work. Her work can be found in publications like National Geographic Magazine, The New Yorker and The New York Times.

Exhibitions

  • Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris, France - Cuba
  • Staley Wise Gallery, Women on Women, New York, NY
  • Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angles, CA "Girlgaze"
  • Depo - Istanbul, Turkey "1915" Kevorkian Center - New York University, New York, NY
  • "Art and Memory" Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angles, CA.
  • "Emerging GAF Gallery, Hannover, Germany. "Inventing My Father"
  • Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon. "Inventing My Father"
  • Open Society Foundation, Moving Walls, New York. N.Y.

Awards

  • 2018 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2017 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2016 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2015 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2014 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2013 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2012 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2011 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2010 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2009 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2008 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award
  • 2007 Elliott Erwitt Foundation Award