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Harry Gruyaert
Harry Gruyeart
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Description for Harry Gruyaert
Hardcover. Harry Gruyaert was one of the European photographers to explore the creative potential of colour in the 1970s and 1980s. This book brings together his work, including images from his renowned 1972 series TV Shots and the later Made in Belgium, in one beautifully produced volume. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 303 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Born in Antwerp in 1941, Harry Gruyaert was one of the first European photographers to explore the creative potential of colour in the 1970s and 1980s. This book brings together his best work, including images from his renowned 1972 series TV Shots and the later Made in Belgium, in one beautifully produced volume. Influenced by such American photographers as Saul Leiter, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen Shore and William Eggleston, as well as by cinema, Gruyaert’s work defined new territory for colour photography: an emotive, non-narrative and boldly graphic way of perceiving the world. His photographs are autonomous and self-sufficient, often independent ... Read more
Born in Antwerp in 1941, Harry Gruyaert was one of the first European photographers to explore the creative potential of colour in the 1970s and 1980s. This book brings together his best work, including images from his renowned 1972 series TV Shots and the later Made in Belgium, in one beautifully produced volume. Influenced by such American photographers as Saul Leiter, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen Shore and William Eggleston, as well as by cinema, Gruyaert’s work defined new territory for colour photography: an emotive, non-narrative and boldly graphic way of perceiving the world. His photographs are autonomous and self-sufficient, often independent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500544488
SKU
V9780500544488
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About Harry Gruyeart
François Hébel is a distinguished photography curator. Director of 'Les Rencontres Arles Photographie' Festival, France, from 2001 to 2014, he is now director of the Foto Industrie Bologna Biennale, and is also overseeing the creation of the new Caribbean Image festival in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. He was formerly vice president of the Corbis Photo Agency and was also the director of ... Read more
Reviews for Harry Gruyaert
'The images gathered together in a new book of his photographs are full of quiet, even banal moments. But they are transformed by Gruyaert’s eye, an eye that can find beauty in a raincloud, flaking paint or a string of lightbulbs' - The Herald, Glasgow