Quito, Ecuador
$500 - $700 / Day
Mexican documentary photographer based in Ecuador, graduated in Communication Sciences in Mexico (ITESO) and in Photojournalism in Argentina (ARGRA). She has participated in several workshops with renowned photographers from the international scene. She takes her documentary work through the field of social, travel and portraits. She has been published in various national and international media, including Smithsonian Journeys (USA), Vanity Fair on Travel (UK), HuffPost (USA), Americas Quarterly (USA), Hopkins Public Health Magazine (USA), Revista ÑAN (EC) and books like Traces of the Future for Facebook. She has also collaborated on photographic and audiovisual projects with UNICEF, WWF and CIAT. Yolanda is editor and photographer of Everyday Latin America, a community of photographers on Instagram that presents an authentic and everyday view of the region. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of The Everyday Projects, a global community of photographers committed to using images to combat stereotypical perceptions. She is a nominee of the 6x6 Global Talent Program of World Press Photo. She has been a jury for the POYLatam (2019) and Photojournalism for Peace "Juan Antonio Serrano" (2017) awards. From 2015 to 2017 she was executive producer of the FLUZ Project, through which photography workshops and photographic exhibitions were held in Quito’s public spaces. From 2017 to 2019 she was Director of Culture in the Public Space of Quito, one of her responsibilities was the editorial coordination of titles of the Quito 40 collection and some public calls, among others. Currently she exercises photography independently, making assignments for national and international media and non-governmental organizations, as well as personal projects.
Produced for NPR
They could put food on the table until the pandemic struck. This is the last project I've worked on in Quito, Ecuador.
Produced for MAQUIGRAFIA
A photoessay about the Inti Raymi celebrations in North Ecuador.
Produced for Hopkins Public Health magazine
Ecuador is a family-oriented country, and the village of La Victoria is a good example of this. Extended family members, many of whom may have been disabled by the effects of lead used in the production of ceramics, face challenges together.
Produced for Americas Quarterly
Portarits. A history-making prosecutor is shaking up Quito with bold investigations into the powerful.
Produced for HuffPost
The compounded pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism are making long-standing class and racial divisions ever more apparent, and will change the way we live as we move forward. In this multimedia project, we explore the visual marks that 2020 is leaving on the world.
Produced for WPI Jorunal
With her chemical engineering degree, Leila Carvajal Erker ’96 has built a successful business importing responsibly and sustainably sourced cacao from her native Ecuador.
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