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Enrique Meneses | |
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 Meneses in March, 2012 | |
| Born | Enrique Meneses Miniaty October 21, 1929[1] |
| Died | January 6, 2013 (aged 83) |
| Education | University of Salamanca, Liceo Francés Jules Supervielle[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Photojournalist and Film Director |
| Years active | 1947–1993 |
| Employer | Paris Match |
| Notable work | Fidel Castro The Maquisard, Paris Match (1958) |
| Television | La Bolsa y La Vida (1981) |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Montgomery (married –1977) Annick Duval |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Website | https://www.enriquemeneses.es/ |
Enrique Meneses (October 21, 1929 – January 9, 2013) was a Spanish journalist, photographer, author, and director. Meneses is most famous for his 1958 Paris Match photo essay covering Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution.[3][2][1]
Early life
Enrique Meneses was born in Madrid on October 21, 1929. Meneses spent his childhood and school years in Madrid until the Spanish Civil War broke out. His family was was able to move to Biarritz, France until it came under Nazi occupation in the 1940.[2] The Meneses family was again forced to move eventually settling in Estoril, Portugal.[4]
The Meneses family was upper class heir to a multi-million dollar silver metal casting factory founded by Leonacio Meneses.[2] With some of his inheritance Enrique's father published his own magazine Cosmópolis, then opening a news agency Prensa Mundial.[4] Meneses spent time around the office of Prensa Mundial meeting and being influenced by many journalists.[2]
Through the encouragement of his father, Meneses studied Law at the University of Salamanca in an attempt to pursue a diplomatic career but ended up dropping out to found his first press agency.[5]
Career
Meneses did his first reporting at age 17 when he covered the death of Spanish bullfighter Manolete. Despite the financial setback of spending more on transportation than his earnings from the assignment, the experience solidified a conviction to explore the world in pursuit of stories.[5]
After declining a journalism scholarship at Stanford University in 1951, opting instead to accept a position with Reader's Digest Meneses traveled around Europe reporting and learning different languages.[5][4] After depleting his savings in 1954 Meneses received money from his mother and made a permanent move to Cairo, Egypt. While in Cairo, Meneses became a contributor to several foreign newspapers and traveled all across Africa.[4]
Meneses would become employed by weekly French magazine publication Paris Match, after being referred for the job by his long time mentor and Shahrokh Hatami.[2] This lead him to his first big reporting opportunity covering the Suez Canal Crisis in 1956.[5] After arriving to Egypt he informed the other journalists he was headed to the front lines and hailed a taxi that took him to the fighting between Isreali and Egyptian troops.[2] While covering the fighting two of his colleagues Magnum's David Semour and Paris Match's Jean Roy were killed in close proximity to Meneses by Egyptian gunfire.[6]
During this period Meneses established himself as a photographer with little interest in creating images with a stylistic or aesthetic tone opting instead for a more robust voiceless photojournalistic style. Photo editor Chema Conesa described his work as if his camera were as rudimentary as a pencil with its only ability to focus the gaze on a fact or event.[2]
A 28-year-old Meneses ran away with his 19-year-old first cousin to escape an arranged marriage she was to be subjected to in 1957. Eventually becoming romantic with her they traveled around France, Switzerland, and Germany before she was taken by police in Belgium and returned to her mother. She was sent to Costa Rica to live with her father, a newly appointed diplomat to the country. Meneses followed by getting Paris Match to send him to Cuba to cover the construction of tunnel a by a French company. The plan was after the assignment he would travel to Costa Rica to reconnect with his cousin.
While in the air traveling to Cuba
Personal Life
A 28-year-old Meneses ran away with his 19-year-old first cousin to escape an arranged marriage she was to be subjected to in 1957. Eventually becoming romantic with her they traveled around France, Switzerland, and Germany before she was taken by police in Belgium and returned to her mother. She was sent to Costa Rica to live with her father, a newly appointed diplomat to the country. Meneses followed by getting Paris Match to send him to Cuba to cover the construction of tunnel a by a French company. The plan was after the assignment he would travel to Costa Rica to reconnect with his cousin.
References
- ^ a b "Enrique Meneses: Acclaimed photojournalist". The Independent. 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Meneses, Enrique; Lafuente, Gumersindo (2013). Meneses: la vida de un reportero = a reporter's life. Madrid: La Fábrica. ISBN 978-84-15691-18-1.
- ^ "Enrique Meneses: On the Frontier of History". TIME. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ a b c d "Las memorias de Meneses nunca morirán – Actualidad Joven". web.archive.org. 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ a b c d "BIOGRAFÍA". Enrique Meneses Foundation. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "The Press: End of the Road". Time. 1956-11-26. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2024-04-16.