Biography

DIANA MARKOSIAN (born in Moscow, 1989) is a Russian-American photographer of Armenian

descent. Her work explores memory and place through a layered, interdisciplinary process that

uses video, photography, drawings and historical ephemera. Her photographs have been

published in National Geographic, the New Yorker, and the New York Times. Her awards

include a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (2019), World Press Photo Award

(2019), Magnum Foundation Fund Grant (2019), Elliott Erwitt Foundation (2018), Chris

Hondros Fund Award (2015), Firecracker Grant (2014), and Burn Magazine Emerging

Photographer Fund (2013). She holds a Master of Science from Columbia University in New

York. Her first monograph, ‘Santa Barbara’ will be published by Aperture in 2020 and is

accompanied by a show premiering at Les Recontres d’Arles in (2020) before moving to San

Francisco MOMA (2020) and International Center of Photography, NYC (2021).

Works
  • Dancers in Green
    Dancers in Green
  • Road Not Taken
    Road Not Taken
  • Swaying Dancers
    Swaying Dancers
  • The Search
    The Search
  • Dancers Adjusting Slippers
    Dancers Adjusting Slippers
  • Dancers Backstage
    Dancers Backstage
  • Dancers in Blue III
    Dancers in Blue III
  • Dancers in Blue, I
    Dancers in Blue, I
  • Dancers in Blue, II
    Dancers in Blue, II
  • From the wings
    From the wings
  • L'etoile
    L'etoile
  • Night at Symphony
    Night at Symphony
  • The Corps
    The Corps
  • Warming up
    Warming up
  • A New Life, from Santa Barbara
    A New Life, from Santa Barbara
  • Eli's House, from Santa Barbara
    Eli's House, from Santa Barbara
  • Lifeline, from Santa Barbara
    Lifeline, from Santa Barbara
  • The Arrival, from Santa Barbara
    The Arrival, from Santa Barbara
  • The Disappointment, from Santa Barbara
    The Disappointment, from Santa Barbara
  • The Pink Robe, from Santa Barbara
    The Pink Robe, from Santa Barbara
  • The Wedding, from Santa Barbara
    The Wedding, from Santa Barbara
  • My father & Me
    My father & Me
  • Friday Mornings with You
    Friday Mornings with You
  • Sunday Mornings with You
    Sunday Mornings with You
  • Together Apart
    Together Apart
  • My grandfather in the Kitchen
    My grandfather in the Kitchen
  • My Grandfather's Desk
    My Grandfather's Desk
  • The Cut Out
    The Cut Out
  • The Stranger
    The Stranger
  • Watching TV
    Watching TV
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