Benedicte Desrus
Documentary Photographer
Based in Mexico City. Focused on humanitarian and social issues around the world.
PROJECTS
flashforwardflashback.com
MAGENTA FOUNDATION - FLASH FORWARD FLASH BACK
THE UNDENIABLE STRANGENESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY: REPRESENTING WITH DIGNITY.
Panelists: Amber Bracken, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Bénédicte Desrus, Endia Beal, Kali Spitzer, Stephen Mayes.
Moderator: Laurence Butet-Roch.
holistic.news
HOLISTIC NEWS (POLAND)
"Dom spokojnej starości dla prostytutek w Meksyku".
MULTIMEDIA / FOTOREPORTAŻ by Bénédicte Desrus
The Washington Post
THE WASHINGTON POST (USA)
A WORKING-CLASS SUBURB TELLS THE STORY OF MEXICO'S ELECTION
by Dudley Althaus
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus for the Washington Post
The Wall Street Journal
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (USA)
TWO STATES OF MEXICO REVEAL THE SPLIT DRIVING SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Many voters see left-wing front-runner Andrés Manuel López Obrador as an alternative to years of free-market policies that have made Mexico a global competitor but left many families behind.
By Robbie Whelan
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus for The Wall Street Journal
Smith Journal
SMITH JOURNAL (AUSTRALIA)
"WHERE THE BLOOD GOES"
Mexico has one of the highest murder rates in the world, but only one person qualified to clean up after them. His name is Donovan Tavera.
Writer: Tim MacGabhann
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
cuartoscuro.com.mx
CUARTO OSCURO (MEXICO)
Revista especializada en fotografía.
"DONOVAN TAVERA - MEXICO'S ONLY FORENSIC CLEANER"
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
frankie.com.au
FRANKIE MAGAZINE (AUSTRALIA)
THE WOMEN OF CASA XOCHIQUETZAL
French shutterbug Bénédicte Desrus has been photographing retired sex workers in Mexico City for 10 years.
Interview Mia Timpano
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
internazionale.it
INTERNAZIONALE (ITALY)
"LA RIVOLUZIONE DELLA MATEMATICA MAYA"
by Jude Webber, FT
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
tabi-labo.com
TABI-LABO (JAPAN)
私たちはかつて、路上で「性」を売っていた。そして今は…。
Text by 千歳ゆうこ
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
Reportage about the women living at Casa Xochiquetzal, a shelter for elderly sex workers in Mexico City.
MI VALEDOR (MEXICO)
MI VALEDOR (MEXICO)
"DIOSAS XOCHIQUETZAL"
Reportage about Casa Xochiquetzal, shelter for elderly sex workers in Mexico City.
Cover + Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
Text by Paula García
ig.ft.com
THE FINANCIAL TIMES (UK)
SPECIAL REPORT: "THE MAYA MATHS REVOLUTION"
Children in Mexico are learning maths using methods invented by their ancestors, writes Jude Webber.
Photography and Video by Bénédicte Desrus
hk01.com
HK01 (CHINA) * PART 2
* Part 2/2
【社區影像】日落之前她們曾花枝招展 墨西哥的老妓女日常
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
About the women living at Casa Xochiquetzal, a shelter for elderly sex workers in Mexico City.
hk01.com
HK01 (CHINA) * PART 1
林可欣 Lam Ho Yan contacted me for an interview, as I spent 10 years documenting at Casa Xochiquetzal, a shelter for elderly sex workers in Mexico City.
* Part 1/2:
【女攝影師讀白】我用10年記錄墨西哥老妓，看到生存的尊嚴
Written by 林可欣 Lam Ho Yan
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
Marie Claire Australia
MARIE CLAIRE (AUSTRALIA)
SHELTER FROM THE STREETS
"Elderly sex workers find hope together"
Photography by Bénédicte Desrus