Benjamin Petit has worked as a documentary photographer for more than 10 years previously to cofounding and leading Dysturb, focusing on social inequality and climate change related issues. He covered the Arab Spring aftermath in Yemen, the refugee crisis in Lebanon and documented climate refugees in the Dominican Republic. His work has been published in The New York Times, the British Journal of Photography, Vice, Le Figaro and Paris Match among other publications. A master’s graduate from the ENS Louis Lumière in Paris and the International Center of Photography in New York as a Fulbright Fellow, Petit explored innovative forms of news delivery, mostly through immersive installations and performances in the public space as a John S. Knight Fellow in journalism innovation at Stanford University in 2018-2019. Petit was a jury at the 2019 AfterMath Project Grant, the 2015 Gebran Tueni Foundation Grant and a portfolio reviewer at many cultural events, including Visa pour l’Image photo festival in France, Contact Photography festival and Zoom photojournalism festival in Canada, and Center Santa Fe.