An exhibition of works by Mexican photographer Enrique Metinides opens at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London from February 9 through March 24, 2017. Enrique Metinides began taking pictures soon after his father gave him a brownie camera. He took many photographs and followed hundreds of stories in and around Mexico. The photographs were dominant of car wrecks and train derailments, a bi-plane crashed on to a roof, street stabbings and shootings in the park, apartments and petrol stations set alight, earthquakes, accidental explosions, suicides, manslaughters, and murder. He went to the morgue and became a Red Cross volunteer to ride with ambulances. At only 12 years, he photographed his first dead body. At 13 he became an unpaid assistant to the crime photographer at La Presa. The regular photographers even gave him a nickname “El Nino” (the boy). He has won many prizes and received a lot of recognition.The exhibition will be on view at Michael Hoppen Gallery, 3 Jubilee Place, London, SW3 3TDFor details, visit: www.micaelhoppengallery.comClick on the Slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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