Amazonian women during the mobilization for International Women's Day, March 8, 2020. One of the strongest demands of Amazonian women has to do with the sovereignty of their ancestral lands, which are constantly violated in favor of mining and oil companies, ignoring the rights of nature and the people who inhabit these territories.
3355 Amazonian women at a march for International Women's Day, March 8, 2020 2. Impacts, 4. Justice, 5. Resilience Climate Visuals Principles: 1. Show real people not staged photo-ops, 2. Tell new stories, 6. Show local (but serious) climate impacts, 7. Be very careful with protest imagery, 4. Climate impacts are emotionally powerful, 5. Understand your audience, 8. Sustainability must be everyones objective, 9. Overcome present-day fears with a vision for the future Amazonian women during the mobilization for International Women's Day, March 8, 2020. One of the strongest demands of Amazonian women has to do with the sovereignty of their ancestral lands, which are constantly violated in favor of mining and oil companies, ignoring the rights of nature and the people who inhabit these territories. City: Quito Region: Pichincha Country: Ecuador 08/03/2020 Agency: Climate Visuals Countdown Creative Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Mandatory Credit: Karen Toro / Climate Visuals Countdown Graduated in Photography. Diploma in Research and Conservation of Documentary Photography (University of Buenos Aires). Master in Education, Languages and Media (Unsam). She combines the photographic discipline with teaching at different levels and areas related to education, art and technology. Professor in semiology, epistemology and aesthetics of the image and online tutor of the Social and Documentary Photography Programs of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters-UBA. Photographer at La Periódica, digital magazine of feminist journalism. Editor of "Mala Memoria. Diario de un fotógrafo" by Daniel Merle, articles published in "Trascámara: la imagen pensada por fotógrafos" (ed. Alex Schlenker) and Index (10), Contemporary Art Magazine. Jorge Mantilla Ortega Award in the Photojournalism category (2020). Member of Women Photograph and Fluxus Foto. Production grant from the National Geographic Society 2020 Emergency Fund for Journalists (Fluxus Foto). Selected artist for the MUFF/Caminos Conjuntos 2020-2021 program of the Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo (Uruguay) and finalist of the IV Edition of the Brazil Emerging Art Award 2019. As a photographer she has worked for NGOs such as Plan International and the Scalabrinian Mission of Ecuador, she has published her work in local and international media such as: Spotlight Initiative, Amapola Periodismo (mx), Pie de página (mx), Interferencia (cl), Zero Grados (esp), LATFEM (arg), La Vaca (arg), El Salto (esp), Amerika21 (ale), Lateinamerika Nachrichten (ale), Mundo Diners, El Comercio, GK, Vistazo, La Tecla-R, Radio Cocoa, La Periódica, La Andariega. Photographer name: Karen Toro Photographer based in: Ecuador Social media: https://www.instagram.com/karentoroa/ https://www.facebook.com/karentoroa/ https://twitter.com/karentoroa Website: http://www.karentoro.com/
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