Age, Biography and Wiki
Bénédicte Kurzen was born on 1980 in Lyon, France, is a French photographer and photojournalist. Discover Bénédicte Kurzen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 44 years old?
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Photojournalist, photographer |
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44 years old |
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1980, 1980 |
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1980 |
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Lyon, France |
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France
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Bénédicte Kurzen Height, Weight & Measurements
At 44 years old, Bénédicte Kurzen height not available right now. We will update Bénédicte Kurzen's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Bénédicte Kurzen Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Bénédicte Kurzen worth at the age of 44 years old? Bénédicte Kurzen’s income source is mostly from being a successful photographer. She is from France. We have estimated Bénédicte Kurzen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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photographer |
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Timeline
Bénédicte Kurzen (born 1980), is a French photographer and photojournalist.
She is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
She graduated with a master's degree in contemporary history from Sorbonne University in Paris.
She also studied semiology for one year.
She devoted her thesis to the "war photographer's myth", a subject that inspired her to become herself a visual storyteller.
Her work has been published in The New York Times, Paris Match, The New Yorker, Le Monde Magazine and Newsweek.
In 2003, Kurzen moved to Israel, where she covered as a freelancer journalist the conflicts emanating from the Gaza Strip, Iraq and Lebanon.
It was at this time that she seriously began her photography.
In 2004, her photographic work turned to a more documentary style.
She focused on the lives of suicide bombers and widows from the Gaza Strip.
With this work, she contributed to the international project of the group Violence Against Women.
in collaboration with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Amnesty International/
Kurzen moved to Johannesburg in 2005, where she co-founded Eve Photographers, a collective of six women photographers whose main themes were "women", and in particular on issues related to motherhood.
She reported on HIV/AIDS and on childbirth in Africa.
The Amaqabane project was produced as part of World Press Photo's Joop Swart Masterclass in 2008.
Awarded for her portrait of Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda (Tutsi rebel officer of the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo and ruthless warlord) in 2009, Kurzen then decided to focus on the situation in Nigeria.
For nearly ten years, Kurzen has been following conflicts and socio-economic changes in Africa.
In South Africa, where she is based, she explores the social challenges of the post-apartheid society, producing Next of Kin, The Boers Last Stand and Amaqabane, about the lives of anti-apartheid veterans.
In 2011, she won a Pulitzer Center grant, which allowed her to produce a work on Nigeria, A Nation Lost to Gods..
The photographs are presented to Visa pour l'Image and the photographer is nominated for the Visa d'Or 2012
After becoming a full member of the NOOR photo agency in 2012, she chose to move to Lagos, where she continued her coverage of Africa and Nigeria.
In 2015, her investigative work led to the exhibition Shine Ur Eye, in collaboration with Robin Maddock and Cristina de Middel.
The project was presented at the Lagos Photo Festival and Photo London.
Kurzen became a senior lecturer in journalism for the American University of Nigeria.
