Born in Antwerp in 1941 Harry Gruyaert was one of the first European photographers to explore the creative potential of colour in the 1970s & 1980s This book brings together his best work including images from his renowned 1972 series TV Shots & the later Made in Belgium in one beautifully produced volume Influenced by such American photographers as Saul Leiter Joel Meyerowitz Stephen Shore & William Eggleston as well as by cinema Gruyaerts work defined new territory for colour photography an emotive non-narrative & boldly graphic way of perceiving the world His photographs are autonomous & self-sufficient often independent from any context or thematic logic A member of Magnum Photos since 1982 he has embraced the possibilities of digital photography in his most recent work feeling that it allows him to take more risks & capture new kinds of light