Shown together, they are the epitaph of a man who dedicated his life to recording moments of death, grief, and heroics. Brutal records of human violence, bad luck and even divine retribution; they are a shocking reminder of our own mortality.
Enrique 'El Nino' Metinides was born in 1934. His nickname, 'the boy' refers to his precocious talent; Metinides had his first front page photograph published at the age of 12.
From the late 1940s until his retirement in 1993, Metinides worked for the Mexican press, including the popular tabloid La Prensa. His line of work was the 'Nota Roja', or 'bloody news', a section of the Mexican mass media dedicated to violent, tragic or sensationalist real-life events.
Working as a volunteer for the Red Cross, Metinides was witness to the darker elements of human existence. His subjects, all witnessed in or around Mexico City, include infernos, floods, aeroplane crashes, car crashes, train crashes, bus crashes, murders, accidents and suicides.