Enrique Metinides
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Jaralambos Enrique Metinides Tsironides (born February 12, 1934) is a Mexican
photographer known for his stark and often grisly depictions of life in Mexico City
. He worked as a photographer from 1949 to 1979 as part of the "Nota Roja" (or "bloody news"), shooting arresting photos of crime, murder, airplane crashes and other disasters for Mexico City tabloids.
He is sometimes compared to the American photographer Weegee
for his stark depictions of the harsh realities of urban life.
His work has been shown in numerous galleries, including La Casa de América, Madrid
, Spain
; Central de Arte Guadalajara, Guadalajara
, Mexico
; Statens Museum for Kunst Copenhagen
, Denmark
; The Photographers Gallery, London
, United Kingdom
and the Anton Kern Gallery, New York
,
He currently lives and works in Mexico City.
Mexican people
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photographer known for his stark and often grisly depictions of life in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. He worked as a photographer from 1949 to 1979 as part of the "Nota Roja" (or "bloody news"), shooting arresting photos of crime, murder, airplane crashes and other disasters for Mexico City tabloids.
Early life
Enrique Metinides was born to a family of Greek immigrants in Mexico City on February 12, 1934. He published his first photo at the age of twelve, earning him the nickname "El Niño" ("the boy'). A year later, he became an unpaid intern under the crime reporter for the tabloid newspaper La Prensa, beginning a prolific five decade career in photography.Photography career
Metinides began his career shooting photos of crime and disaster for La Prensa. Over the course of his life, he shot thousands of photos and was published in La Prensa, Alarma and Crimen.He is sometimes compared to the American photographer Weegee
Weegee
Weegee was the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig , a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography....
for his stark depictions of the harsh realities of urban life.
His work has been shown in numerous galleries, including La Casa de América, Madrid
Madrid
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, Spain
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; Central de Arte Guadalajara, Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...
, Mexico
Mexico
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; Statens Museum for Kunst Copenhagen
Copenhagen
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, Denmark
Denmark
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; The Photographers Gallery, London
London
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, United Kingdom
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and the Anton Kern Gallery, New York
New York
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He currently lives and works in Mexico City.