Metinides is a modern-day Weegee, one of the first to reach scenes of tragedy and disaster moments after they have happened. This image captures the Regis hotel following the Mexico City earthquake of 19 September 1985 Photograph: Courtesy of the artist
"I wanted to know what death was like," admitted 45-year-old Antonio N after two rescue workers coaxed him out of jumping. Metinides made it in time to snap one of the rescue workers, arm outstretched, talking the man down Photograph: Courtesy of the artist
Both moody and moving, Iturbide's black and white landscapes redefine the atmosphere of Mexican photography Photograph: Collection Fondation MAPFRE
This portrait of an eccentrically dressed citizen pays homage to the surrealist work of Iturbide's master – Manuel Álvarez Bravo – who was an acclaimed national photographer during the Mexican revolution Photograph: Collection Fondation MAPFRE
This image depicting two leading figures from the national revolution of the early 20th century is featured in the Mexico: Photography and Revolution exhibition at Arles Photograph: Collection Fundacion Televisiva, Collection Manuel Ramos
This realist picture is an early example of artists capturing scenes of accidents or disasters. Enrique Metinides drew upon this and other similar shots as inspiration for his work Photograph: Collection Fundacion Televisa
For her Welcome to Lipstick project Goded spent time photographing a well-known zone of prostitution on the border of Mexico and the US Photograph: Rencontres Arles
Pinzón shows Mexican immigrant workers in New York, who work long hours for low wages, as superheroes. Here, Maria Luisa Romero becomes Wonder Woman. Romero works in a Brooklyn laundrette and sends $150 home every week Photograph: Rencontres Arles
José Rosendo de Jesús, from the state of Guerrero, works as a union organiser in New York. He sends home $700 a month Photograph: Rencontres Arles
Relatively new to the scene, Rossell's glamorous scenes have caused a stir in a country that has a backdrop of slums. This shot is deliberately vibrant and seductive Photograph: Courtesy of Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
The artist's grisaille landscapes are a brilliant evocation of violence and forgetting, shot in Angola Photograph: Courtesy of Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town
Rut Blees Luxemburg was nominated for the 2011 discovery award. Her series Black Sunshine meditates upon urban life, in a manner that appears dreamlike Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg and Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris
This project saw Chris Marker capture the actions and expressions of commuters on the Paris metro Photograph: Chris Marker / Courtesy of the artist and Peter Blum Gallery, New York
Ruwedel's collection shows images of kennels seemingly stranded in desert landscapes Photograph: Courtesy of the artist, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
Travel photographer Yann Gross took this image as part of his series Horizonville, which in large part draws attention to a community of German country folk who pay tribute to American culture among the vast European landscape Photograph: Courtesy of the artist
