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
from any context or thematic logic. A member of Magnum Photos since 1982 he has embraced the
possibilities of digital photography in his most recent work feeling that it allows him to
take more risks and capture new kinds of light.
