Ohannes Kurkdjian (first name sometimes spelled Onnes, Armenian spelling Hovhannes, 1851–1903) was a photographer based in Yerevan, Tiflis, Singapore and then Surabaya during the Dutch East Indies era.

[1] He worked for another photographer in Singapore for two months and moved to Surabaya, where he eventually established his own studio.

It grew to employ at least 30 people,[2] one of whom was Thilly Weissenborn, the first significant Indonesian-born female photographer.

[3] The studio produced portraits including of Pakoe Boewono X Susuhunan van Solo as well as landscapes, business, building and trade photographs.

[2] Lewis took over the business after Kurkdjian's death in 1903 (in Surabaya, Indonesia).