We were honored to meet Harry Gruyaert at the exhibition for the first four Portraits de Villes at Galerie Philippe Chaume. Imagine our surprise when he asked to do a Portraits de Villes and be a part of the collection. After a little thought, he decided to go back to Moscow, a city he had visited ten years previously, to create a Muscovite diptych, a decade apart.
YEAR OF BIRTH 1941 PLACE OF BIRTH Mortsel, Belgium PROFESSION Photographer FAVORITE MEDIUM Photography, cinema, painting
Portraits de Villes is a collection of books, where an artist is given carte blanche to illustrate a city of his / her choice. Each book is a unique journey, guided by the singular gaze of an artist.