[1] In 2005, Babajanyan graduated from a programme of photography courses was offered by World Press Photo organised by Ruben Mangasaryan.
[3] After her graduation, Babajanyan worked as a contractor for the BBC Monitoring Service in Armenia, following which she became a freelance photojournalist.
This developed as a project she called Inlandish, a neologism she used in opposition to the word outlandish, in which she explored how the women's inner lives manifested in their exterior world.
While the Armenian government acted speedily to give citizenship to the refugees, their economic situation remained precarious, with both jobs and official housing in short supply.
[6] She, along with John Stanmeyer and Serra Akcan, started Bridging Stories, a photography training programme for Turks and Armenians to take and share pictures of their daily life on Instagram, in order to promote understanding between their peoples.