Photographer photojournalist writer
She is known for her photo essays, including Inventing My Father, about her relationship with her father, and 1915, about the Armenian genocide. Markosian was born in Moscow. In 1996, she moved to California with her mother and her brother, while her father remained in Russia.
She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oregon with a bachelor of arts in history and international studies in 2008, and earned her master"s degree in journalism from Columbia University in 2010.
Her work has been published by World Policy Journal, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The Times, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, National Geographic, and other sources.
