She wrote an MA thesis about amateur photography at St.-Petersburg State University in 2010. In 2011 she graduated from Leiden University’s MA programme “Film and Photographic Studies” (the Netherlands) with the thesis that questions narrative in photography. During studies, Daria was an intern at Foam Magazine, Amsterdam. Daria is also a freelance journalist writing articles and critical essays on photography. Daria’s first project “Ivan and the Moon” won a number of awards, grants, and mentions (1st prize, Viewbook Photostory Competition; winner, Lucie Foundation; finalist, burn magazine grant; honorable mention, Ian Parry Scholarship, etc.), as well as was published in several magazines (HotShoe, GUP, etc.), and exhibited worldwide (Lodz Fotofetiwal; Festival Voies Off Arles; several shows in the Netherlands and in Russia). Daria is represented by Salt Images Agency and by FotoDepartament Gallery.