Yazmeen P. Loaiza is an Ecuadorian visual artist, photographer, and educator whose practice explores how identity and memory are shaped through the entangled histories of the body, territory, and photographic representation. Working with analog processes—such as cyanotypes, double exposures, and botanical-based methods—she draws from personal and collective archives to reimagine Latinx femininity through a decolonial, affective lens.

Loaiza’s work emerges from a deeply rooted Latin American understanding of the land—not as backdrop, but as kin. Her photographs often incorporate organic materials such as volcanic rocks, menstrual blood, medicinal plants, and cloud forest flora, forming layered visual narratives that blur the boundaries between image and ritual, self and landscape. Through installation, participatory gestures, and tactile materiality, she opens up spaces for transformation, healing, and ontological inquiry.

Recent works such as Síntoma, Estela, Reverberar, and Autorretrato explore themes ranging from structural violence, menstrual health, and collective trauma to heartbreak and community care. Each piece becomes an intimate, critical cartography of the body in relation to place and perception.

Loaiza holds a BA in Liberal Arts from King’s College London. Her work has been exhibited at +ARTE Galería, Puente: Laboratorio de Creación, Ortiga Ideario Urbano, and featured in Underexposed Magazine and Maar Ediciones. She formerly served as the Latin American editor at LENSCRATCH where she highlighted the work of photographers from across the region. Yazmeen currently directs Ojo de Pez, a photography lab in Quito, where she teaches and mentors creative processes grounded in analog technique and poetic reflection.