Harry Gruyaert - Roots - 2012

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Roots by Harry Gruyaert, 1st edition hardback in French, published by Xavier Barral (2012), 160 pages.

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Best Harry Gruyaert photobook so far.

In the 1970s and 1980s, encouraged by the discovery of Eggleston's work at MoMA in 1976, Harry Gruyaert (Magnum Photos) photographed Belgium in color. A superb book by one of the most famous Belgian photographers.

At the beginning of the book, and as a counterpoint, is a series of earlier black and white images.

Harry Gruyaert states: "Belgium is probably the European country that Americanized most quickly after the Second World War, hence the power of this banality, confronted with surrealism and the strength of traditions preserved despite everything, while I was working there before the turn of the century. Today, it's much less obvious; standardization is gaining ground, with a different culture of banality, less anchored in traditions. Beautiful, ugly, the banality of beauty, the beauty of ugliness. These contradictions are also mine.

Seller's Story

Dartbooks is a bookstore based in Barcelona, Spain, we are specialized in photobooks, rare books, architecture and art. In our catalog you can find both new edition books and the first editions most sought after by collectors from all over the world.
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Best Harry Gruyaert photobook so far.

In the 1970s and 1980s, encouraged by the discovery of Eggleston's work at MoMA in 1976, Harry Gruyaert (Magnum Photos) photographed Belgium in color. A superb book by one of the most famous Belgian photographers.

At the beginning of the book, and as a counterpoint, is a series of earlier black and white images.

Harry Gruyaert states: "Belgium is probably the European country that Americanized most quickly after the Second World War, hence the power of this banality, confronted with surrealism and the strength of traditions preserved despite everything, while I was working there before the turn of the century. Today, it's much less obvious; standardization is gaining ground, with a different culture of banality, less anchored in traditions. Beautiful, ugly, the banality of beauty, the beauty of ugliness. These contradictions are also mine.

Seller's Story

Dartbooks is a bookstore based in Barcelona, Spain, we are specialized in photobooks, rare books, architecture and art. In our catalog you can find both new edition books and the first editions most sought after by collectors from all over the world.
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Details

Number of Books
1
Subject
Photography
Book Title
Roots
Author/ Illustrator
Harry Gruyaert
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
2012
Height
22 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
30 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Xavier Barral
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
160
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