Enrique Metinides

Jaralambos Enrique Metinides Tsironides ( born February 12, 1934 in Mexico City) is a Mexican photographer known for his often shocking images of life in Mexico City.

Life

Enrique Metinides comes from a family of Greek immigrants.

At the age of 12 he published his first photograph of a corpse, earning him the nickname " El Niño " earned ( " the boy "). A year later, he worked as an unpaid intern for the crime reporter for the La Prensa and thus began a career as a photographer. From 1949 to 1979, he shot for the Nota Rosa ( " Bloody news " ) of Mexican tabloids images of crimes, murders, plane crashes and other disasters.

Work

His stark portrayal of the harsh reality of 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.