Benedicto, Nair

(Brazil 1940)

Since the 1970s, Benedicto has made a name for herself thanks to her commitment to the pressing social issues of the day, such as the situation affecting indigenous peoples, landless workers and, above all, the position of women in Brazilian society. She has gathered extensive documentation for Unicef on the situation of children and women in Latin America and authored La huelga del ABC (The ABC strike) (1980) and Nair Benedicto: las mejores fotos (Nair Benedicto: the best photographs) (1988), among other books.