These are some of the intimate portraits captured by a French
photographer who spent nearly a decade documenting the lives of former sex workers.
The
snaps were taken at a government-run retirement shelter for elderly
women who have escaped prostitution and the violence and exploitation
that comes with it.
Benedicte Desrus photographed women aged 55 and older at Casa Xochiquetzal in Mexico City as part of an eight-year project.
The
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