Picked by slaves
Coffee Crisis Brews in Brazil
Thomson Reuters Foundation
These mixed-media illustrations were created for the Thomson Reuters Foundation and their modern slavery editorial team. They accompany a multimedia story published on their website and shared across their social media platforms. The piece follows labour inspectors as they drive rescue workers from slavery on two sprawling plantations in southeastern Brazil as the coffee harvest draws to a close. The illustrations serve to enhance the narrative by providing visual context and depth to the story.
A series of line illustrations and a map were integrated as spot illustrations within the story itself.
Client
Thomson Reuters Foundation
TRF Team
Shanshan Chen, Fabio Teixeira, Kieran Guilbert, Lyndsay Griffiths, Belinda Goldsmith, Adriano Machado
Illustration
Surasti Puri