Role: Photographer

Anush Babajanyan is a member of VII Photo and a National Geographic Explorer. Her focuses on social justice narratives and personal stories. She has worked extensively in the South Caucasus, Central Asia and around the world. Babajanyan is the winner of the 2019 Canon Female Photojournalist Grant, and a laureate of the Prix Photo Terre Solidaire. She is also the winner in the prestigious World Press Photo 2023 Contest’s Long Term Projects category. Her photography has been published in The New York Times, Washington Post, National Geographic, Foreign Policy Magazine, and other international publications.

As a young photojournalist Alexandra Avakian was fascinated with revolution and the fight for freedom—even dreaming, many times, that she worked in a strife-torn city. She has braved bullets and hostility to photograph stories of searing conflict and bring them to the world. Going far beyond the brief news reports that most of us see, Avakian shares a richer, wider view of the Muslim world through her extraordinary storytelling and photographs—all beautifully showcased in Windows of the Soul.