Artist Tour

In her new project, Ecuadorian photographer Isadora Romero creates a multilayered visual narrative centered on two cloud forests in her home country. Developed in collaboration with local communities and scientists, the photographs explore the relationships between people, plants, animals, and environmental conditions, drawing on agroecological practices and sustainable forms of land use. Romero employs a range of photographic techniques, including infrared and UV imaging, lumen prints that fade over the course of the exhibition, and textile-based methods. Her work focuses on the past, present, and future of these forests, with particular attention to intergenerational knowledge transfer, including the ancestral knowledge of pre-Columbian cultures such as the Yumbo and Jama-Coaque. The project portrays the forest as a living space shaped by history and culture—and ultimately as a reflection of social responsibility in the face of global ecological challenges.

Join Isadora Romero, winner of the After Nature Prize 25, and curator Katharina Täschner on an exclusive tour of the exhibition and gain first-hand insights into the history of the project's development as well as the background to her research and artistic practice. 

In addition, Lizbeth Morales, member of the Yunguilla community, and Julieta Pestarino, author of the exhibition publication and assistant curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, will contribute further insights to the discussion.