"How to tell the memory of drug trafficking in Medellín?", event on the life of Pablo Escobar's personal photographer, 07.12.2022

At the lecture ¿Cómo narrar la memoria del narcotráfico en Medellín? La vida del fotógrafo personal de Pablo Escobar (“How to tell the memory of drug trafficking in Medellín? The life of Pablo Escobar's personal photographer”), author Alfonso Buitrago Londoño (NarcosLab, Medellín) presented his biographical book on Édgar Jiménez Mendoza, Pablo Escobar's personal photographer. The book tells the story of Jiménez, also nicknamed “El Chino”, and contrasts his close relationship with Pablo Escobar with the violent history of the Medellín cartel. Our project director Mónika Contreras Saiz commented the session. Often are used many photographs of Pablo Escobar as archival footage in series and telenovelas. Examples are Narcos and Pablo Escobar - El Patrón del Mal, whose reception we analyze in the GUMELAB project.

Read more about the book and click here for the event’s poster.