Diana Markosian Mariam spent most of her life moving back and forth between her home in Armenia and visiting relatives in Syria. She never again saw the place where she was born. Her one request: "Go to my village (...)
and bring back soil for me to be buried in." Armenia. 2015. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos
Diana Markosian Armenia. 2015. Holding a cane in his right hand, Movses Haneshyan, 105, slowly approaches a life-size landscape. It's the first time Movses is seeing his home since he fled during the genocide of 1 (...)
915. A century ago, the Ottomans initiated a policy of extermination to destroy the Armenian presence in the Ottoman Empire. Upon seeing the image, Movses caresses it, as if by holding it close he will be taken back to the place he called home. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos