Manhattan, 1985

Harry Gruyaert is known for his extraordinary photographic work with color. Born in Antwerp in 1941, he originally dreamed of becoming a film director. In the late 1970s, Pop art and a trip to Morocco inspired him to become one of the first photographers in Europe to devote his work entirely to color photography. Gruyaert’s cinematographic background instilled in him an aesthetic conception of photography. Rather than telling stories or documenting the world through his lens, he searches for beauty in everyday elements. His images are simply snapshots of magical moments in which different visual aspects, primarily color, form, light and movement, spontaneously come together in front of his lens.

Archival pigment print
Limited edition
Signed on verso and on a certificate

12 x 16 in / 29 x 41 cm (paper size) - edition of 8
16 x 22.4 in / 40 x 57 cm (paper size) - edition of 8
26.3 x 37 in / 67 x 94 cm (paper size) - edition of 8
39.3 x 55 in / 100 x 140 cm (paper size) - edition of 8

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