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We Belgians are used to seeing people have fun, get drunk, dance or do whatever else they please in this temple of emotions. To sober outsiders, cafés are an enigmatic territory, where a miracle potion is served. It's Harry instead of Asterix chez les Belges. In all likelihood, the photographer had to leave his comfort zone to better understand it. Taking a step back to see the bigger picture. Leaving to arrive. It's ironic that no other Belgian was able to preserve this culture as brilliantly as Gruyaert. I used the word preserve on purpose. Unlinke wine, beer is not stored. It is consumed as soon as possible. Perhaps that's why beer drinkers are so impatient when they're thirsty." (Stephan Vanfleteren, from his introduction to the new Fifty One Publication 'Café Belgica' by Harry Gruyaert)
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"Born in Antwerp in 1941, Harry Gruyaert was one of the first European photographers in the 1970s and 1980s to explore the creative potential of colour. Influenced by American photographers, as well as by cinema, his work defined new territory for colour photography ... 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 and to capture light in a new way ... This volume, the first retrospective of his work, is an ... overview of his personal quest for freedom of expression and the liberation of the senses." --
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