Anush Babajanyan • Portfolio
- ️Redazione
- ️Tue Jun 06 2017
Bio
After completing her degree in Journalism from the American University in Bulgaria in 2006, Anush Babajanyan began working as an independent contractor for the BBC Monitoring Service in Yerevan, Armenia.
After her job with the BBC, Anush began, and has since been working, as a freelance photographer based in Yerevan, focusing on social narratives related to women, the aftermath of the lasting conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, and issues of refugees in Armenia among others.
Much of Anush Babajanyan’s activity has been dedicated to peace building processes between Armenia and Turkey. One of her long-term project was photographing young Armenians in Istanbul, Turkey, who struggle with a conflict of identity. She is currently working on a collaborative project between young photographers from Armenia and Turkey, called #BridgingStories, implemented together with National Geographic Photographer John Stanmeyer, with the support of the US Embassy Yerevan.
Anush received a grant from the Open Society Foundations Documentary Photography Project in 2013 assisting her continuous work between Armenia and Turkey.
Anush is a co-founder of women’s photography collective 4Plus, based in Armenia.
Anush Babajanyan’s photography has been published in Washington Post, VICE News, National Geographic, Foreign Policy Magazine, and other international and regional publications.
Project seen by Alessia Glaviano at New York Portfolio Review 2017
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