‘Santa Barbara’ (Aperture, 2020) is also the name of the debut monograph from Diana Markosian that charts her family’s dramatic upheaval from Russia to the US in 1996 after the fall of the Soviet Union. Known for her experimental approach to storytelling, she looks at her upbringing for inspiration in a work that collates film stills, scriptwriting, and reconstructed scenes from family photographs to present a multidimensional history that reads as fact but feels like fiction.
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9 responses to “Photographers in Focus: Diana Markosian on turning her family story into a soap opera”
LOVED the exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Beautifully done. ❤️
so noone gonna say that her mom kidnapped her and her brother from their dad, and they never saw their dad for next 25 years? her mom is cold, ice cold human being.
A story well told. Wonderful photography as well. Moving.
Beautiful, her story really touched my heart.
So calming and natural, and yes, photography is a cure for some people
wonderful images! gnarly vocal fry too! must have taken a long time to cultivate.
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Nowness at it again with the amazing but short AF content hahahaha
Is this series available for watching somewhere or is it still in production? This is very interesting, I would like to see the result…