Ecuador Community: Education during the pandemic, 2021. When the pandemic struck Ecuador it forced many indigenous and African-Ecuadorian families to return to the places they were born. This work highlights a renewed sense of community in the Andean highlands and the coastal rainforest bordering Colombia. (Photo by Johanna Alarcón for The Guardian / Magnum Foundation, 2021)
Johanna Alarcón
Photojournalist & Visual Storyteller
Based in Ecuador
www.johannaalarcon.comFollow Johanna on VisuraJohanna Alarcón (1992) is a freelance photojournalist and visual storyteller based in Ecuador.
Johanna´s work is focused on social justice, human rights, and gender related issues. She is a National Geographic Explorer and member of Ayün Fotógrafas, Fluxus Foto, Visura.Co, Fotoféminas, Women Photograph.
Selected for Photography and Social Justice Fellowship Magnum Foundation (2021), Joop Swart Masterclass World Press Photo (2020), 6x6 Global Talent South America (2019). Her work has been published in The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Volkskrant, Reuters, UN Women, among others. Selected for the New York Times portfolio review (2019), Eddie Adams and Women Photograph Workshop (2019). Her work has been exhibited in Montevideo Photography Center (2021), Photoville Festival and Latin American Photography Festival Bronx Documentary Center (2019-2020).
Her recognitions include: Community Awareness Award Photographer of the Year International (2021), First Place in Photographer of the Year Latinamerica Health Category (2020), FotoEvidence Book Award - CovidLatam (2021), Grantee of COVID-19 Magnum Foundation Found (2021), Open Society and Gabo Foundation's fund for investigations and new narratives on drugs (2020), Will Riera Award (2019), Everyday Projects and Visura Co Mentorship (2018-2019), AECID Africamericanos Grantee Ecuador (2018), Tutor of the 20f Campament in Bolivia (2018), Honorable Mention in the photo book competition RM (2017) Currently, she works on assignments and her personal projects.
Kate Bubacz, Director of Photography at BuzzFeed
"This quiet image of a billboard in New Mexico by Donna Ferrato speaks to the ongoing and intensifying fight around abortion rights in this country.
Ferrato has long explored violence against women within our society, and this frame, with battle lines drawn in barbed wire and opinions broadcasted from a billboard on high, alludes to the subtle and persistent ways that a woman is forced to choose sides."