Ernesto B.
Lima, Peru
$500 - $1000
1 reviewErnesto Benavides (1978) is a Peruvian documentary photographer working primarily within South America. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication from the University of Lima and is a founding member of the photographic collective Supayfotos, exhibiting nationally and internationally since 2007. Benavides´s work The Shining Path Wounds, was awarded with first place in the IAPA awards 2022 and in the same year his photographic series Presidential Vacancy, was awarded with 2nd place in the Spot News Stories category of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest. His work Dredges was a finalist for the Oskar Barnack Leica Awards, won the bronze medal at the PX3 Prix de la Photographie, was presented at the screenings program of the Voices Off festival in Arles, won the 2017 Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) and was included in the Songzhuang Chinese International Photo Biennale and presented in Colombia. In the same year, he was also awarded second place at the POY LATAM awards.
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