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Anush Babajanyan
Photography gives depth to the stories I photograph - water, land, women, survival, resilience. It allows me to return again and again to the same people and places and understand them anew. It’s my way of showing that stories don’t end, they evolve.
Armenian photographer Anush Babajanyan is a VII Photo contributing photographer and a National Geographic Explorer. Anush is based between Munich, Germany and Yerevan, Armenia.
Anush focuses her work on social narratives and personal stories. She works extensively in the South Caucasus and continues to photograph in Central Asia and around the world.
Anush is the winner in the 2023 World Press Photo Contest’s Long Term Projects category, with the Battered Waters project photographed in Central Asia. In 2019, she received the Canon Female Photojournalist Grant for her work in Nagorno-Karabakh. Her photography has been published in The New York Times, Washington Post, GEO, The Wall Street Journal, and other international publications.
Alongside her photographic practice, Anush Babajanyan is a committed educator and advocate for ethical storytelling. She frequently participates in workshops and mentoring programmes, where she helps emerging photographers develop the skills to tell stories with honesty and care. Her emphasis on long-term engagement and thoughtful representation has made her a respected voice in international conversations about documentary photography.
Anush Babajanyan has recently published her book on Nagorno-Karabakh called A Troubled Home.
A Troubled Home, offers a profound visual narrative of Nagorno-Karabakh, capturing the region's resilience, tragedies, and beauty. Over six years, Babajanyan documented life amidst conflict, including the 2016 four-day war, the 2020 war, and the subsequent displacement of over 100,000 ethnic Armenians in September 2023.
