Some may remember Metinides' celebrated exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery in 2003, which introduced "the Mexican Weegee" to British audiences for the first time.

The accompanying book paid service to the press photographer, best known for his artfully lurid images of death and catastrophe, but this book, published by Kominek Books in Berlin, is altogether different.

With sparing, intelligent design from Sybren Kuiper, Series focuses on sequential images, capturing the drama as filmic narratives, while at the same time exposing the realities behind some of these iconic news pictures.

In his large exhibition at Arles this summer, Metinides revealed he had been inspired as much by fiction as reality; this book makes the blurred boundaries queasily clear.

For more information, visit www.kominekgallery.de.

The Best Photobooks of 2011 - Series by Enrique Metinides from Olivier Laurent on Vimeo.

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