American photographer Nadia Shira Cohen is a highly respected name in photojournalism. Based in Rome, her work has seen her report on COVID-19, abortion, indigenous rights, and pollution. As part of our annual collaboration with World Press Photo, in which we tell the stories behind the best photojournalism in the world, we took a closer look at her story about Mayan beekeepers in Mexico. Nadia captured the longstanding tension between the Mayan beekeepers of the Yucatan Peninsula and The Mennonites, a Christian group who took to soy farming in the same locations. Nadia has exhibited her photography all over the world, and was awarded the National Geographic Explorer Grant in 2019.
Stories with Nadia Shira Cohen