India.
Xavier Barral| N° d'inventaire | 23183 |
| Format | 29.5 x 24 |
| Détails | 202 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782365112758 |
For over thirty years, Harry Gruyaert traveled the Indian peninsula. For the first time, this book brings together approximately 150 photographs, most of them previously unpublished, that tell the story of an India that is both timeless and modern. These images demonstrate the photographer's uniqueness: his interest in storytelling, public space, and unexpected scenes. Gruyaert says he needs to travel to experience the world and express it in images. From Gujarat to Kerala, he has captured a certain quintessence of this country of many legends. Busy streets of New Delhi or Calcutta, modest villages of Tamil Nadu or Rajasthan, ghats of the great religious cities of Benares or Varanasi... Women in saffron and purple saris thresh grain, dyers work in steaming vats, a camp of nomadic shepherds is organized in the twilight... The air is saturated with colors, light, noise, sometimes silence too. "Color must be primordial," explains Gruyaert, it restores an emotional perception, gives a graphic vision of the world. The atmospheres with subtle chromatic variations paint a contrasting picture, contrary to any exoticism. Far from stereotypes, these images reveal the plurality of India over the years and the political events of the country. "Taking a photo is both seeking contact and refusing it, being at the same time the most there and the least there," says the photographer. It's about creating a sense of wonder, about capturing what characterizes the place. The search for density within the frame makes photography a physical experience. An experience that is particularly embodied here, in this multi-sensory journey to India.
For over thirty years, Harry Gruyaert traveled the Indian peninsula. For the first time, this book brings together approximately 150 photographs, most of them previously unpublished, that tell the story of an India that is both timeless and modern. These images demonstrate the photographer's uniqueness: his interest in storytelling, public space, and unexpected scenes. Gruyaert says he needs to travel to experience the world and express it in images. From Gujarat to Kerala, he has captured a certain quintessence of this country of many legends. Busy streets of New Delhi or Calcutta, modest villages of Tamil Nadu or Rajasthan, ghats of the great religious cities of Benares or Varanasi... Women in saffron and purple saris thresh grain, dyers work in steaming vats, a camp of nomadic shepherds is organized in the twilight... The air is saturated with colors, light, noise, sometimes silence too. "Color must be primordial," explains Gruyaert, it restores an emotional perception, gives a graphic vision of the world. The atmospheres with subtle chromatic variations paint a contrasting picture, contrary to any exoticism. Far from stereotypes, these images reveal the plurality of India over the years and the political events of the country. "Taking a photo is both seeking contact and refusing it, being at the same time the most there and the least there," says the photographer. It's about creating a sense of wonder, about capturing what characterizes the place. The search for density within the frame makes photography a physical experience. An experience that is particularly embodied here, in this multi-sensory journey to India.