Zirkus
Enrique Muñoz García
The Zirkus serie was made on 27 and 28 December 2012 in Ancud on the Chiloé island in Chili.
The Circus "La águilas humanas" was founded 80 years ago and is until today one of the most prestigious and most popular circus from Chili.
I was born in Ancud in 1969. I remember well the time when I was a child and the Circus visited. That was in the 70s and early 80s. The political situation in Chile at that time was difficult, it was the time of the military dictatorship. we had only one TV channel, certain music and movies were censored. Through this won the circus even much more important.
Now, more than 30 years later, I wanted to do portraits from the circus people behind the scenes. Capture the moment, when everything is ready... just waiting for the audience.
Enrique Muñoz García (Chile, 1969)
He is a photographer, multimedia artist, collector and curator. He studied drawing and art at the Universidad Católica of Chile. He has lived and worked in Switzerland since 1998. He has received several international awards. Enrique Muñoz García has exhibited his work at the Leica Gallery Switzerland, the Venice Biennale and the Photomonth Festival among others. He is co-founder of the off space Lokal-int.ch and founder and curator of the Public Art Space Juraplatz.ch.
Awards 2015 Grimme Online Award - First Prize - Multimedia Reportage
2015 European Newspaper Award - First Prize - Berner Zeitung
2013 Prix de la photographie de Paris - First Prize - Press performing Arts
2013 Prix de la photographie de Paris - Third Prize - People Choice
2013 Swiss Photo Award Second Prize - Reportage
