We know it is “Giselle” from the costumes, long white tulle skirts with touches of green and cherublike wings attached to the bodice, just below the shoulder blades—an image of impossible flight that seems to fascinate Markosian. She shows the corps as a kind of sisterhood, crowded together in a small dressing room; we see a dancer peering at herself in a narrow bathroom mirror, intently focussed on smoothing the fabric over her bust, while another dancer stands by in profile, and a third, behind her, is reflected in the mirror, watching.

- Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker 

Diana Markosian’s work bridges photography and film to explore themes of memory, identity, and belonging. Her acclaimed monographs Santa Barbara and Father were named Photo Book of the Year by MoMA, TIME, and Le Monde. Her work has been exhibited at major institutions including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography in New York, and the National Portrait Gallery in London. A regular contributor to Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker, Markosian holds a Master of Science from Columbia University.