By David Rosenberg It's an unusual question that isn't often asked: What happens to sex workers once they retire? Photographer Bénédicte Desrus spent six years answering that question while documenting Casa Xochiquetzal, a home in Mexico City for (mostly) retired sex workers. Desrus, who is French, first discovered Casa Xochiquetzal when she was assigned by a women's magazine to take a portrait of Carmen Munoz, a retired sex worker who opened the shelter in 2006. Fascinated by the shelter, Des...
By David Rosenberg It's an unusual question that isn't often asked: What happens to sex workers once they retire? Photographer Bénédicte Desrus spent six years answering that question while documenting Casa Xochiquetzal, a home in Mexico City for (mostly) retired sex workers. Desrus, who is French, first discovered Casa Xochiquetzal when she was assigned by a women's magazine to take a portrait of Carmen Munoz, a retired sex worker who opened the shelter in 2006. Fascinated by the shelter, Des...
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