Johanna Alarcón is a freelance photographer, visual storyteller, and community educator based in Ecuador.
Her practice is rooted in collaborative processes that portray humanity through collective memory and a spiritual connection with the territory. She leads impact and education storytelling programs with Indigenous, Black, and incarcerated communities in Ecuador, seeking to explore the intersections of social justice, gender, and identity across Latin America.
Johanna is a National Geographic Explorer, World Press Photo winner, CatchLight Global Fellow, and Magnum Foundation Fellow. She is a member of Ayün Fotógrafas and has been represented by Panos Pictures since 2021. She is also part of Visura.co, Fotoféminas, Women Photograph, Fluxus Foto, and Diversify Photo.Her work has been recognized by POY International and POY Latam, where she alsoserved as a jury member. She is the author of Cimarrona: Soy Negra porque el sol me miró (KWY, 2022), held in the MoMA Library and distributed globally.
Currently, she collaborates with The New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, among others.
