Bénédicte Desrus

HOW AN OBSCURE FERTILIZER DEAL ENRICHED A MEXICAN BILLIONAIRE.
Ricardo Salinas Pliego used shell companies to gain control of a struggling firm called Fertinal from a government agency at a discount.

By Santiago Pérez and Robbie Whelan
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

"MAYA TRAIN RISKS BEING DERAILED IN MEXICO'S PRECIOUS BIOSPHERE"

By Jude Webber
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

"IN LOVE WITH BAD IDEAS': LÓPEZ OBRADOR TAKES MEXICO BACK TO THE FUTURE"

by Jude Webber
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

PLASTIC BAG BANS ARE SPREADING. BUT ARE THEY TRULY EFFECTIVE?

By Laura Parker
Lead Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

Photographs from my series “THE PERSECUTION OF HOMOSEXUALS & THE ANTI-GAY BILL IN UGANDA" used in the documentary “THE FAMILY”.

Directed by Jesse Moss and distributed by NETFLIX (USA).

LE QUOTIDIEN BOULEVERSÉ D'UN ENFANT.

Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

"GLOBAL REVIEW ON SAFER END OF ENGINEERED LIFE"

Launched in January 2021, this major study examines what happens to consumer goods and other engineered products at the end of their useful life. It found widespread use of unsafe management and disposal practices and calls for urgent action to address the risks posed to human life and health.

Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

"LIVING WITH A FOREIGN BODY"

Trans women in Mexico City are suffering from ‘modelants disease’ – the devastating result of injecting oils and silicones into their bodies to achieve feminine curves.

Words: Emmanuelle Steels
Photographs: Bénédicte Desrus

"WORLD'S BLOODIEST JOB"

From murdered kids to rotting gangsters… Mexico’s first ever crime-scene cleaner reveals gruesome reality of his work.

By Rebecca Husselbee
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

FORBES WORLD'S BILLIONAIRES LIST

The 12 remaining Mexican billionaires.

By Jonathan Ponciano
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

"YOU KILL A WOMAN HERE AND NOTHING HAPPENS"

Femicide rates have doubled in Mexico in the past five years. With a climate of impunity for the killers, victims’ families and activists are directing their anger at Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government.

By Jude Webber
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

"LATAM IN FOCUS: MEXICO'S FIGHT AGAINST FEMICIDE REACHES A BOILING POINT"

#Mexico
In a country where nearly 99 percent of crimes go unpunished, violence against women and the impunity that comes with it are sparking outrage and mobilizations—a movement reflected throughout Latin America.

by Carin Zissis
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

"SOBREVIVIR AL CUERPO"

La enfermedad por modelantes cobra miles de víctimas en busca de una belleza estética.

Texto: Emmanuelle Steels
Fotografías: Bénédicte Desrus

* Reportage on the devastation caused by injecting foreign substances for cosmetic purposes into the body - in Mexico.

MEXICO
"DREAM TEAM"
Against all odds, Mexico’s women’s national ice-hockey team is skating toward Olympic glory.

Text by Bérengère Sim
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

For 8 months, Bérengère Sim and I, followed Mexico’s first and only women’s ice hockey team: the Selección femenil de México de hockey sobre hielo. 🏒

"JETZT PASS MAL AUF, MACHO"

Text by Bérengère Sim
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

For 8 months, Bérengère Sim and I, followed Mexico’s first and only women’s ice hockey team: the Selección femenil de México de hockey sobre hielo. 🏒