Artist of the week - Enrique Metinides

Copyright Enrique Metinides

Stunning! The Mexican photographer, now in his 70's and retired, has been photographing grotesque circumstances since the 1940's (he was only twelve when he first photographed a corpse). Enrique tends to focus more on the mood, the distant scene and the subtle details in a not so subtle moment. He is often referred to as Mexico's Weegee, who is amazing in his own right but has nothing on Enrique's poetic insight.


Copyright Enrique Metinides

Copyright Enrique Metinides

His work is now on display at Anton Kern through January 13th. His book is available here.

Read Thursday's New York Times article here.