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 and 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

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 JudeWebber
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

"YOU KILL A WOMAN HERE AND NOTHING HAPPENS"

"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
Photo 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. 🏒

"EIN HOHER PREIS FÜR WEIBLICHE KURVEN"

Text – Emmanuelle Steels, Greg Zwygart
Fotos – Bénédicte Desrus

“THE UNDENIABLE STRANGENESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY: REPRESENTING WITH DIGNITY”

Panelists: Amber Bracken, Bénédicte Desrus, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Endia Beal, Kali Spitzer, Stephen Mayes.

Moderator: Laurence Butet-Roch

"DREAMING BIG"
Despite numerous obstacles, Mexico’s women’s team is climbing the IIHF ranks. And with the greatest female player of all-time in their corner, the Olympics are in sight.

by Bérengère Sim
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus