| Bénédicte Kurzen |
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| France |
Bénédicte Kurzen (29), France, is based in Johannesburg and in 2008 was selected to join the VII Photo Mentor Program. She holds a master's degree in contemporary history from the Sorbonne. In 2003, she moved to Israel and took up photography, covering hard news in the Gaza Strip, later working in Iraq and Lebanon.
Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Time and Paris Match, among others. Encouraged by a photographer to contribute to a ‘Violence Against Women' project, Benedicte changed from news to documentary photography. In 2005, with five others, she founded EVE Photographers and moved to South Africa, traveling from there across the continent.
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