Thestudio of this photographer based in Silistra, Bulgaria, operated in the 1900s and 1910s. Diratsuyanspecialized in making cabinetportraits for family and administrative purposes only. They are of superior quality- skillfully illuminated and composed - but do not differ from the general standardsof commercial studio photographyof the time. It is most likely that Diratsuyanhad moveto Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire. No other biographical detailshave been discovered.

Vigen Galstyan, 2016