An Enemy Within

• Prize
• Photographer
  Francois Pesat, Mexico
• Socials

Every year, tens of thousands of women and men serving in the US
military are raped by brothers in arms. According to the Pentagon,
26,000 soldiers were sexually assaulted in 2012. Of those
persons, only 3,374 reported the crime, indicating that the vast
majority of victims continue to keep assaults quiet, due to fear of
retaliation and mistrust in the military justice system. Indeed,
many military sexual trauma survivors are forced out of the
military after reporting a rape, which imposes a sudden end to
their chosen career, and only 8% of perpetrators are brought to
justice.

• Awards
  2018 Selected for the Bienal de Fotografía of Mexico 2015 Grant of the Canada Art Council 2014 Moscow International Foto Awards – Editorial Photo Essay National Press Photographer Association’s (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism 2013 Selected at Visa pour l’Image Anthropographia Award Lucy Foundation’s International Photography Awards Black & White Spider Awards Canadian Magazine Awards – Honorable Mention Grant of the Quebec Arts and Letters Council 2012 International Photography Awards – 2 Honorable Mentions 2011 Grand Prix Lux Prix Lux – Reportage / News Canadian Magazine Award – Honorable Mention Antoine-Desilets Award 2010 Selected at Visa pour l’Image Selected for the international exhibition Humankind in New York Prix Lux – Reportage / Humanitarian cause Antoine-Desilets Award – Photoreportage Antoine-Desilets Award – Multimedia Grant of the Quebec Arts and Letters Council 2009 Prix Lux – Reportage / News Prix Lux – Reportage / Humanitarian cause