Diana Markosian is a documentary photographer and writer. Her reporting has taken her from Russia's North Caucasus mountains, to the ancient Silk Road in Tajikistan and overland to the remote Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Afghanistan.Diana's images have appeared in The New York Times, The Sunday Times, Marie Claire, Foreign Policy, Foto8, Time.com, World Policy Journal, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International, amongst others. Her work has been recognized by a diverse range of organizations including UNICEF, AnthropoGraphia, Ian Parry Scholarship, Marie Claire Int'l, National Press Photography Association, Columbia University and Getty Images. In 2011, Diana's image of the terrorist mother was awarded photo of the year by Reuters. She holds a masters from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.