About Me

Daniela Beltrán B. is an Ecuadorian documentary photographer and visual storyteller dedicated to capturing the intersection of environmental and human rights, social change, and the impacts of extractivism. In 2020, she graduated with a BFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California. Her work is particularly focused on the Amazon Rainforest, where she has collaborated with nonprofit organizations like Ecociencia and the Pachamama Alliance, in addition to pursuing her own projects documenting the region and the challenges it faces.


Over the past six years, Daniela has extensively documented the environmental and social repercussions of extractive industries, as well as the resilience and innovative resistance movements within affected communities. Her commitment to environmental protection extends beyond land to the sea, working with the international nonprofit Sea Shepherd Global, she contributed to efforts to safeguard marine ecosystems in West Africa from illegal industrial fishing, another form of extractivism.


Currently, Daniela is pursuing an MSc in Sociology: Transformation and Social Innovation at the Universitat de Barcelona, where she is expanding her knowledge of the historical and systemic forces that drive the exploitation of natural resources in the name of development. Through her work, she continues to shed light on the global challenges of environmental degradation and social injustice, while amplifying the voices of those fighting for a more sustainable and equitable future.

Her work has been exhibited in Ecuador, United States and Barcelona.




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