Bénédicte Desrus

THE RACE AGAINST TIME FOR SMARTER DEVELOPMENT

Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

"SURCHAUFFE, ACIDIFICATION, ASPHYXIE, POLLUTION, ALGUES... L'ÉTAT DE L'OCÉAN CONTINUE DE SE DÉGRADER À GRANDE VITESSE"

Par Martine Valo
Photographie par Bénédicte Desrus

HIT RESER DE SOM TRÖTTNAT PÅ CORONA: "Som om covid inte existerade"

Text by Åsa Welander
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

“IT FEELS LIKE MAYBE I WON'T EVER GO TO SHCOOL AGAIN"
Children, Parents, and Teachers Describe the Impact of Covid School Closures.

Cover Photograph for the Mental Health' Section by Bénédicte Desrus

COMIENZA LA LLEGADA MASIVA DE SARGAZO A QUINTANA ROO.

El turismo en México, ya afectado por el Covid-19, recibió en febrero pasado un 57.9% menos de viajeros internacionales, ahora, con la llegada del sargazo, afectará la actividad hotelera.

by EFE
2 Photographs by 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

"EL COSTO DEL COVID-19 EN LA EDUCACIÓN"

Por Ariadna Ortega
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