Stations of the Cross: Photographic interpretation by Carlos Reyes-Manzo

Photograph taken in 2004 at Lomas de Poleo on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where the bodies of 8 women were found.

For the past 50 years Chilean photo-journalist has been recording some of the most difficult situations in contemporary history. This exhibition draws on his experience and insight to interpret the traditional Stations of the Cross. Carlos Reyes-Manzo is a Chilean documentary photographer and poet. He studied photography at the Instituto Filmico of the Universidad Catolica de Chile and in 1964 began working as a photojournalist. Following the military coup in 1973 in which General Augusto Pinochet came to power, he was detained and imprisoned for two years and in 1975 was exiled to Panama. In Panama he worked as a photo-journalist for Revista Senda, ACAN-EFE and Associated Press and documented the Nicaraguan revolution and the negotiations for the handover of the Panama Canal from the United States.

In 1979 Reyes-Manzo was kidnapped in Panama by the Chilean secret police and sent back to Chile via London. He escaped from the plane in London Heathrow Airport, and has since lived in London where he established Andes Press Agency.

He has travelled in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia documenting people who are marginalised from society and who suffer human rights abuses. This has included the Ethiopian famine, the murders of women in Ciudad Juarez Mexico and of women in Guatamala and the impact of sanctions on the people of Iraq.

He has also documented the devastation of the Tsunami on Mullaitivu and of the lives of indigenous peoples. His work has been exhibited at the Barbican Centre, the Oxo Gallery and at the Foyles Gallery in London. In 2014 he was appointed the first Ben Pimlott Writer in Residence at the Department of Politics, Birkbeck, University of London.

Stations of the Cross on display at Harcourt United Reformed Church during Lent at 120, St Paul's Road, Islington, London N1 2LR

The exhibition will also be open for viewing during Holy Week Monday March 30th--Thursday April 2nd 2-6pm Good Friday from 12-6pm (service from 2-3.30pm) At 7.30 this evening, 5 March, Carlos will speak about his work and of the stories behind the images.

There is another exhibition of Carlos Reyes Manzo's work currently on at the at the Peltz Gallery, Birkbeck School of Art.

For more information see: www.andespressagency.com