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Harry Gruyaert

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Harry Gruyaert
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Brice Matthieussent
SeriesPhotofile
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 125
Category/GenreIndividual photographers
ISBN/Barcode 9780500297308
ClassificationsDewey:779.092
Audience
General
Illustrations 74 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
NZ Release Date 27 March 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 colour 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 travelled 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 colour as 'a means of sculpting what I see ... it's 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 colour and light.

Author Biography

Brice Matthieussent is an award-winning translator of over 200 novels from English into French, including the writings of Jim Harrison, for which he was awarded the 2013 Prix Jules Janin from the Academie francaise. He currently teaches the history of contemporary art and aesthetics at the Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Marseille.