Art Talk! - Enrique Metinides - Part 1

SEE PART 2 - http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?bctid=1312349591&bccl=MTIxMzg3NTEzMF9fRVRD


I grew up in Mexico City, and although I was never mugged, robbed, stabbed, kidnapped, or murdered, there were a lot of newspapers to remind me that a bunch of other people in the city certainly did. There's a whole genre of publications in Mexico that goes far beyond your usual tabloid fare. They are called "La Nota Roja", which translates roughly to "The Red Articles" or "The Bloody News." The most famous example is Alarma!, which is still in print. Each issue is filled with graphic photos and stories of murder victims, people split in two in car crashes, deformed babies, and anything else that involves an excess of flesh and blood in the wrong place. It can sometimes be a little hard to tell which photos are real and which aren't, but a lot of Mexicans love their Nota Roja.

I was never really into these papers, but one day I ran across a book of photography by Enrique Metinides who shot for a lot of them from the 50s to 70s. He covered the same grisly beat as the rest of his colleagues, but there was something different in his shots--a sense of humanity which helped undercut the exploitative nature of his chosen subjects. I began wondering what kind of person would devote his life to this kind of work and how all the corpses and awfulness must affect his psyche. At the time I was making a short film about a guy obsessed with accidents, and I wanted Metinides to make a cameo in it. He had just had his second heart attack and wasn't up for doing it, but four years down the road I asked him if I could interview him for VBS and I finally got to meet him.

I set up the camera in his Mexico City apartment, and right as I hit the record button he started talking and didn't stop for the next four hours. He gave me detailed accounts of some of the most horrific accidents and crimes I'd ever heard of one after the other for the entire afternoon. It was a heavy vibe.


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[anyma19]

Ganas no me faltan de hacer ese libro.

[TheReporter12]

felicidades a Enrique, su trabajo es admirable algún día quiero ser como él, aunque en estos tiempos sea más complicado ser fotoperiodista.

[lalou50]

aunque tu comentario es viejo

no te preocupes por esas fotos que los accidentes y balaceras hay en todo el mundo

aunque eso si el narco es otra cosa

[tech9nl]

triste verdad,en mexico es muy triste.

[nerosoprano]

Me encantaria tener un libro, por lo menos uno, de sus anecdotas con fotos ha de ser muy interesante!

[KariVader]

Thanks for posting this I saw the whole documentary it really worth it.

[gtirvr6]

estaa buena la entrevista pongala completa por favor,no es posible que mejor los gabachos reconoscan su talento que nosotros los mexicanos

[lalechugaencalzones]

suban la entrevista completa no mamen

[daniela3784]

Me encanta el trabajo del senyor Metinides. Tienen este documental a la venta???

[escazenyazeth]

es una lastima que todavia en nuestro pais no se reconozca al buen talento estamos cerca y a la vez tan lejos, muy buenas fotografias eso ke ni ke...