Enrique Metinides
Jaralambos Enrique Metinides Tsironides (born February 12, 1934 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican photographer , known for his often shocking pictures of life in Mexico City.
Life
Enrique Metinides comes from a family of Greek immigrants.
At the age of 12 he published his first picture of a corpse, which earned him the nickname "El Niño" ("the boy"). A year later he worked as an unpaid intern for the crime reporter of La Prensa and thus began a career as a photographer. From 1949 to 1979 he shot pictures of crimes, murders, plane crashes and other catastrophes for the Nota Rosa ("Bloody News") of the Mexican tabloids.
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His stark portrayal of the harsh reality of big city life is often compared to the work of the American Weegee .
Metinides' work has been exhibited in numerous galleries, including La Casa de América, Madrid ; Central de Arte Guadalajara , Mexico ; The Photographers Gallery, London , and the Anton Kern Gallery, New York .
He lives and works in Mexico City.
Web links
- Literature by and about Enrique Metinides in the catalog of the German National Library
- The Guardian : " Crime Scene Investigator "
- Exhibition in the Museum for Sepulchral Culture in Kassel 2011
- Exhibition review on www.kultiversum.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pictures by Enrique Metinides at Mitra Images ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metinides, Enrique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jaralambos Enrique Metinides Tsironides |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |