Diana Markosian wins Chris Hondros Fund’s first Emerging Award

April 17, 2015 Marco | Editor

Diana Markosian, the Armenian-American photographer best known for her stunning revisitation of the Beslan massacre, has been awarded The Chris Hondros Fund’s first Emerging Award.

“This so much more than an award for me. Chris was a friend. He supported me from the first day we met,” Markosian tells BJP. “I want up my game and create something even more personal. I owe it to him. ”

Markosian met Chris Hondros when she was an undergraduate, before the photojournalist was killed alongside Tim Hetherington on 20 April 2011 while on assignment in Libya. She will receive a $5,000 grant from the …read more

Via: BJP

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