Diana Markosian is a documentary photographer and writer working out of Russia and the former Soviet Union.

Her interest in the aftermath of war has taken her from the remote mountains of Dagestan, to the ancient Silk Road in Tajikistan and overland to the perilous landscape of Afghanistan.

Markosian's work has appeared in The New York Times, Times.com, Foreign Policy, Foto8, The London Times, Boston Globe, Human Rights Watch, amongst others.

She holds a masters from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.