Fine Print: Street scene. Manhattan, New York City, USA, 1985 Paper size:16 x 22.4 in (40 x 57 cm)

Fine Print: Street scene. Manhattan, New York City, USA, 1985 Paper size:16 x 22.4 in (40 x 57 cm)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. Gruyaerts cinematographic background instilled in him an aesthetic conception of photography. Rather than telling stories or documenting the

and sexuality

Impressed by an exhibit of his work in Paris in 1971

and the families of other missing people

and explored the complex role the carnival played in their lives: mobility

“This image makes me think that what divides us is our own shadow

A certain loss of Tenderness…

after focusing on America and other Western countries for much of his practice

This contact sheet contains The Beatles on the film set of ‘A Hard Days Night’

George Rodger embarked on a 28

on the one hand

a darkroom composition featuring a floral montage

Carnival Strippers Revisited gives new depth to Meiselas’ influential vision