Karla Gachet discovered photography while studying in the US and in 2004, moved back to Ecuador to explore her homeland with fresh eyes. She began working freelance until one of the main newspapers in the country, Diario El Comercio, hired her in 2005. Karla worked here for two years, and became the first woman to be a part of their photographer’s staff.
Karla has published two books: Historias Mínimas, from Ecuador to Tierra del Fuego (2009) and Gypsy Kings (2012). Both projects were produced with her husband Ivan Kashinsky, also a photographer. Her photographs have been exhibited in Ecuador, Guatemala, London, India, Peru, Uruguay, China and USA. Together with Kashinsky, she created the collective Runa Photos (2011).
