Harry Gruyaert

Harry Gruyaert was a pioneer of European color photography in the 1970s and 1980s, creating TV Shots and traveling the world. He is a member of Magnum Photos and describes color as a means of sculpting what he sees. Recently, he has begun to explore the experimental freedom offered by digital photography.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 27 January 2023
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

New in the Photofile series, a mini-monograph on Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert. Born in Antwerp in 1941, Harry Gruyaert was a pioneer of European color photography in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1972, he created TV Shots, a series of images created by turning the dial on a television set at random and photographing the screen. Later, he traveled the world, seeking out different kinds of light and exhibiting a particular fascination with borders, interfaces, and incongruous juxtapositions. A member of Magnum Photos since 1982, he describes color as 'a means of sculpting what I see ... its the emotion of photography. Most recently, he has begun to explore the experimental freedom offered by digital photography. Autonomous, non-narrative, and often witty, Gruyaert's images are complex encounters with color and light.

Weight: 250g
Dimension: 125 x 190 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780500297308