National Geographic photographer Diana Markosian tells the story of an unusual childhood and how war reunited her with her long-lost father. “This is the closet thing I had to an image of my father—a ...

The micro-generation born during and after the collapse of the Soviet Union is now in our late 20s and early 30s. We arrived at the brink of an uncertain future, just as the USSR splintered into 15 ...

Artist and photographer Diana Markosian is not afraid of much. She rattles off her brushes with danger: deported from Azerbaijan at 21, smuggled into Burma (now known as Myanmar) at 23, placed under ...