In front of a black-and-white photo you try more to understand what is happening between the persons, whereas with color you should immediately be affected by the different tones which express a situation. So, the object and its color are one and the same thing, which by the way is one of the principles of the theory of perception. Form and color are inseparable.

Ο Ηarry Gruyaert γεννιέται το 1941 είναι Βέλγος αλλά ζει στο Παρίσι.

Για περισσότερα από τριάντα χρόνια, από το Βέλγιο στο Μαρόκο, και από την Ινδία στην Αίγυπτο, ο Harry Gruyaert έχει καταγράψει τις λεπτές χρωματικές δονήσεις του φωτός από την Ανατολή έως και τη Δύση.

Δεν επιδίδεται σε στερεοτυπικές λήψεις, ο Gruyaert έχει ένα όραμα για μακρινές χώρες, που τοποθετεί τον θεατή μέσα σε μια περίεργη και κάπως αδιαπέραστη ατμόσφαιρα.

Ο Harry Gruyaert εντάχθηκε Magnum Photos το 1981. Σε μεταγενέστερο έργο του, έχει εγκαταλείψει τη διαδικασία Cibachrome υπέρ της ψηφιακής εκτύπωσης.

Awards

• 2016 PhotoEspaña Life Achievement
• 1976 Kodak Prize

Exhibitions

• 2017 It’s not about cars, Galerie 51, Antwerp. Belgium.
• 2016 Hommage à Antonioni, Librairie Maupetit - côté Galerie, Marseille - France.
• 2015 Harry Gruyaert - Retrospective. MEP, Paris - France.
• 2014 Hommage a` Antonioni. Galerie Cinema, Paris - France
• 2013 Maroc, Galerie Forêt Verte, Paris - France.
• 2013 Roots. Magnum Gallery, Paris - France
• 2013 Planches Contacts. Deauville Photography festival, Deauville - France. Raw Materials. Foto/Industria, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, Italy.
• 2012 Roots. Botanique, Brussels. Belgium.
• 2012 A question of colour. Positive View Foundation – Somerset House, London. UK. Moscow 1989-2009. Moscow Photobiennale 2012 – Le Manège, Moscow. Russia.
• 2011 De ci de la, Box Galerie, Brussels – Belgium.
• 2011 Rivages, Galerie du Faouëdic (19e Rencontres Photographiques du Pays de Lorient), Lorient – France.
• 2011 In the Margin, Belgium Documentary Photography, Museum Dr Guislain, Gent – Belgium.
• 2010 Moscow 1989-2009.
• 2010 Philippe Chaume gallery, Paris – France. GlazGallery, Moscow – Russia.
• 2009 Une prétendue réalité, MagnumGallery, Paris – France. Short Stories, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich – Switzerland. Marruecos, fundacion Tres Culturas, Sevilla – Spain.
• 2008 Rivages, Bon Marché, Paris - France.
• 2008 TV Shots, Phillipps de Pury gallery, Cologne – Germany.
• 2008 TV Shots, Installation at Passage du Désir, Euro-RSCG, Paris – France.
• 2007 L’Image d’Apre`s, Cinémathèque Française, Paris – France. TV Shots, Phillips de Pury gallery, New York – USA.
• 2006 Morocco, Leica Gallery, Frankfurt – Germany
• 2006 Rivages, Fundacion Caixa Galicia, Lugo and Vigo – Spain.
• 2004 Parcours, Projection Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles – France. Rivages, Galerie St-Père, Paris – France.
• 2004 Rivages, Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles – France.
• 2002 Morocco, Carlos de Amberes Foundation, Madrid - Spain (tour exhibit in Spain).
• 2000 Made in Belgium – Museum Voor Fotografie, Antwerp - Belgium. [Catalogue]
• 1999 Made in Belgium - Gallery Fnac, Brussels – Belgium. Morocco - Laumont Editions gallery, New York – USA.
• 1998 Lumières blanches - Fotofest, Houston - USA
• 1998 Gallery Mistral, Montreal – Canada.
• 1997 Morocco - Andersen Consulting, Paris – France.
• 1995 Morocco - Tour exhibit in several french cultural centers in Morocco.
• 1990 Harry Gruyaert Fotografias - Canal de Isabel II, Madrid – Spain.
• 1986 Lumières blanches - Palais de Tokyo, Paris – France.
• 1980 Made in Belgium - Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels – Belgium.
• 1978/80 Morocco - Delpire Gallery, Paris – France.
• 1978/80International Culture Center, Anvers – Belgium. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels – Belgium. Franska Institutet, Stockholm – Sweden.
• 1974/76 TV Shots - Delpire Gallery, Paris – France.
• 1974/76 Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels – Belgium. International Center of Photography, New York - USA.

Books

• 2017 It’s not about cars, Gallery Fifty One publishing
• 2015 Harry Gruyaert, co-edition Textuel ed. & Thames&Hudson ed. - France/UK. 2013 Raw Materials - FotoIndustria 2013 Bologna Biennale 01- Contrasto - Italy. 2013 Morocco, ed. Textuel – France.
• 2013 Roots, Hannibal/Xavier Barral co-ed. – Belgium/France.
• 2010 Moscow 1989-2009, Be-Po^les ed. – France. 2008 Rivages (new edition), Textuel ed. – France. 2007 TV Shots, Steidl ed.– Germany.
• 2006 Photo Poche, Actes Sud ed.– France.
• 2003 Rivages, Textuel ed. – France.
• 2000 Made in Belgium, Nathan/Delpire ed. – France.
• 1990 Morocco, Schirmer & Mosel ed. – Germany – France – USA.
• 1986 Lumières Blanches, Centre National de la Photographie – France.

Catalogs

• 2009 Marruecos, Fundacion Tres Culturas, Sevilla – Spain.
• 2003 Les Grands Noms de la Photographie - Hachette ed.
• 1990 Harry Gruyaert Fotografias - Sala de Exposiciones del Canal de Isabel II - Madrid - Spain.

Collections

• Hermes Foundation – Paris, France.
• Randsom Center collection, Austin – Texas.
• Lhoist collection – Belgium.
• NSM. Vie/Abn Amro – Paris, France.
• Fond National d’Art Contemporain – Paris, France. Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Paris, France. Centre Georges Pompidou – Paris, France. Metropolitan Museum Tokyo – Japan.
• Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi – Belgium. Howard Stein collection, New York – USA.
• David Roberts collection, London – UK.