Amasterofcolor-saturatedatmospheres,HarryGruyaerthasroamedtheworldsearchingfortheperfectlightformorethanfortyyears.Hisintuitiveandphysicalrelationshiptoplacesimmersesthespectatorinaworldthatborrowsfromthecinematicuniverseandfromthatofthepainter.“Agoodphotoisaphotothatsaysalotofthingsabouttheplaceandthemomentitwastaken,“saysGruyaert.Space--itscomplexity,theperceptionthatwehaveofit,itsplasticity--isamajorcomponentofGruyaert’simages,asifthedualitybetweencolorandspatialitywasdissolvinginordertocreateaworkwheretheonlythingthatmattersisthepleasureofimmersion.HarryGruyaert:BetweenWorldsdissolvestheboundariesbetweenexteriorandinteriorspaces,aclosedworldandonethatisopentoelsewhere.Fromshops,caf矇s,subwayplatforms,andhotelroomsinEurope,theMiddleEast,theUnitedStates,andAfricafromthe1970stotoday,Gruyaertdeploystheveryessenceofvisualwriting:aluminousalchemysuspendedintime.Acollectionofseventy-fiveimagesthatconnectonerealmwiththenext,thisvolumeshowsthatbeyondthemarvelouscoloristthatheis,Gruyaert’simagesalsodepictaphotographer’svisionoftheworld.
