The Photographer Who Brought Color to Street Photography | Street Study Ep. 01 - Harry Gruyaert 

Which photographer’s work would you like me to look at in the next episode?

I'm old enough to have worked with Kodachrome for a long time, and forty years ago we already considered Gruyaert a master of this film, like Jim McCurry and some others. As he is Belgian, his images were often published in French photographic magazines. Nowadays, he works a lot on his past work. As he said a few months ago in an interview with a journalist from France Culture, the possibilities of processing and printing were poor before digital. The only paper he found suitable was Cibachrome. Digital post-production and inkjet printing seem to him a great opportunity to get the best out of his images. At 81 years old, this man avoids the trap of purism and wants to get the best of both technologies, film and digital. Beyond this technical point, Gruyaert is a poet of color, as was Saul Leiter. Thank you for this video that pays tribute to him.

‘You don’t want to look like your heroes, you want to see like them’. This new series is such a great idea! What a great way to continue learning and share your inspiration with the world. Thank you for this!🙌🏼🫶🏻

What's even more insane is that his early color work was done on slide film with a rangefinder. And HCB asked him to add/aid in color to his own work. Even more complex...HG photographed his family and personal life only in black and white. Truly a master. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Beautiful video of one of my favorite photographers.

Interesting that someone whose surname sounds phonetically like "gray art" is such a master of color!

thank you for introducing me to Harry Gruyaert's works, he's may be my new favourite photographer after Saul Leiter now. I'll study him more.

I just acquired "Between Worlds" and was/am at Gruyearts photographs. I also have his collection "Edges" which is a more melancholic book and a lessor presentation because of the reorienting of the binding, but Between Worlds is his masterpiece. An entire book of exquisite observation.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🏆

Love the new series concept. Loved the deep dive in Gruyaert, I was not familiar with his work.

The Master - Some books signed in my library - Definitely my favorite photographer

Love this new video series. Excited for future videos!

One of the better photography book videos I’ve seen. Well done 👏

I wish your videos would never end. Great series, hope to see more coming!

Faizal, I absolutely loved watching this! Looking forward to more. Thank you!!

Really enjoyed watching this! Excited to see the next one!

Beautifully done! Thanks for this video!

Thank you so much for sharing your insights in this wonderful video; I can't wait to see the next one!

Loved this one! Thank you so much!

great series, thanks for sharing all of these nice shots.

Great video, love your flow. Thank you!

Im so excited to see more of these, this is awesome

Excellent video and a great start to the series. I'd not heard of Gruyaert until now so it was great to "discover" a terrific photographer. Looking forward to the next instalment.

Excellent idea Faisal! Looking forward to this serie.

This was definitely a fantastic idea. Love learning about other photographers and seeing their work and how they see the world. Your videos always have such a calming tone to them, nothing feels rushed which is such a luxuary these days.

Very nice. I look forward to more this year.

Wonderful video Faizal, looking forward to the series 💚

Good initiative to start this series mate. I’ve always loved pulling new inspirations for my own street photography work.

Great video. You have a wonderful presence and calm way of telling a story. I was sucked in the entire time. Glad I found your channel.

Fantastic narrative you put forward. Awesome channel

I love this series

Excellent video, Faizal. Well done, sir!

Fantastic take and video. I love love love this. I look forward to more in depth looks at other photographers. I had never heard of this photographer til today. Thanks!

Entirely new to me! Thank you and looking forward to this series

I stumbled cross this video purely by chance and I’m so glad I did. The series is a great idea too! I’ve subscribed and eagerly await the next episode

Outstanding job putting this video together!

Great job ! Looking ahead for Street Study series.

Great talk Faizal. Harry Gruyaert, Saul Leiter and Ernst Haas are the three masters in Color. Their works have provided endless inspirations to me and my own street photography. Love your channel. Happy New Year 2023!

Great beginning of a series, I am a massive fan of Mr Harry Gruyaert and you show me another side of his work.

Absolutely love this series. Thanks for sharing

This is such an awesome idea for your channel, it allows us all to learn and be inspired. Happy New Year’s everyone

Fantastic and inspirational documentary. Thank you

This was such a beautiful video that I really needed. Thank you so much.

Great video, fascinating insight

Super review, have enjoyed watching, its like a true documentary. Congrats !

Great video Faizal. Love your channel.

Thank you Faizal for turning my scope to a photographer that I've missed and what a great one as well. His work really struck a nerve. I got to get a chance to see these photos in print. Of the photos you shown, many of them are so dense I'd need a longer study of them to really figure out how he shoots. Interesting how you can create such beautiful stillness and balance in an often time very chaotic scene. Love that! Very well scripted start of this series of yours. Kudos for putting in such a massive amount of work to enlighten us. Thank you. /Robert

Awesome series. Keep them coming.

Really interesting video. I look forward to this series.

This is great! As I am new to street photography it’s cool to learn about the true masters of it. I also like how he uses the hard light and shadows like you talked about in a previous video. This is now something I am starting to look for when shooting. Thanks for this great stuff.

Love that type of Videos !

Such an amazing mini doc. Well produced and exceptionally informative

Please, keep 'em coming! Instant subscriber

I LOVE this series you're starting. I always feel like I should be taking more opportunities to study artists and photographers. And art books can be so expensive and artist talks hard to access. Thank you for making this area of art study so accessible! Can't wait to watch the next videos!

just great presentation! thanx for sharing!

Thanks for this great video. Can't wait for some more of this series ! 👍 I really need to dig Gruyaert more. I have a similar mindset than him, apparently. Very interesting !

dudee, such a good video. im inspired, thank you.

I like this series & am looking forward to seeing more masters!

Thanks to the algorithm I found this video and your channel and I'm looking forward to more of this format!!!

Thank you Faizal for your sharing. I was learning too much from your videos to improve my photography hobbies.

wow!!! This video is so inspiring.

Excellent idea for a series!

What a beautiful video. Mesmerized. So inspiring. Great Work.

Looove your videos man.

This’s an awesome tutorial video!😊

really excited for this series, can't wait for more!! would love to see something about saul leiter, fan ho, or vivian maier in the coming episodes.

Great choice for the first in your series - I also recently acquired this book and find it really inspiring. Looking forward to seeing more episodes! :)

I love this new series…Also this first episode that you released in same day of my birthday 😊

It was beautiful ! Such a great video ! I hope you'll present female photographers too !

Great job Faizal. Waiting for more short documentaries about Masters of Photography. THX

This was amazing, ty Sir.

I’m so grateful for this information

Thank you for this video. ❤

I enjoyed your presentation, thoughtful and presented with a nice unhurried pace. Also big thumbs up on your choice of music for background: it was completely unobtrusive but present. Look forward to seeing more!

Great series. Not a unique one, there are others like it. However, what I enjoy most and take most from are your thoughts and critique on the work. Imagery and sound come together into a video that is both beautiful and fun to watch. It's what makes your addition unique amongst the rest. Appreciate the work, dude.

Excellent video - thanks

Thank you so much for this fantastic study! I must admit that I did not know Harry's work so far and I am totally impressed. Thank you for this discovery! Guido Klumpe

Thank you for a lovely video about Harry Gruyaert. I thought of a Keld Helmer-Petersens 122 Colour Photographs from 1948.

thanks for the great video👍

Beautiful interpretation of the book. Thanks!

Great work, thank you!

Thanks for the quiet [ish] thoughtful approach to this subject inintroducing Harry to us

I ashamed that I was not familiar with the work of Harry Gruyaert. Thank you for the introduction. I look forward to future episodes of this voyage of discovery. Many thanks.

I never knew Harry Gruyaert, and this episode was a good overview of his work. I'm looking forward to the 2nd episode... Thank you.

Really enjoyed that ❤

this is absolutely amazing

Honestly bro please do more of these videos very inspiring

Saul Leiter. Thank you for these thoughtful, erudite reviews!!

Great video.

Nice video. Thank you.

Great video

This is an excellent video, Faizal. I've been a big fan of your channel for a while but I particularly enjoy the videos you produce which places the art form as the focus rather than the gear. RU-vid is awash with street photography videos that are basically adverts, it must be hard to avoid that when tagging a hyped camera will get you a lot of views but I think this content is a lot more engaging and educational. I came across your videos when I was looking to get into street photography and trying to figure out what camera to buy but have stuck around for your tips with shooting (your recent video on the use of foreground for example) and your beautiful work. I think your photography has come on a lot in the last few years, I live and work in London near where a lot of your recent work was shot and my partner is from Lisbon, the way you documented both cities shows a photographer that's becoming more confident, it's clear you are building up a coherent body of work with its own distinctive style, something that's harder and harder in the digital age. I know online spaces encourage slightly weird parasocial relationships but I can't help but notice you've had a hard year, please stick at it, your work is getting better and better and I hope next year will bring you more happiness. Happy new year!

Harry is one of my favorite Photographer. And Belgian too. 😊

I cant wait to be apart of this journey with you. Thank you truly.

I love it!

Awesome video Faizal! Hope you make on for black and white street photography enthusiasts as well!

I started shooting Kodacrome 64 in 1980s and was heavily influenced by the work of Ernst Haas. As an exercise, I would to take a single roll of 36 out and see how many 'keepers' I could get out of it. My cameras were Nikon FMs. I have one black and white image that I took hanging in my house. I see color and shoot what I see. I quit for decades but have gotten back into it, now using digital Nikons and like the works of other color photographers like Gruyaert. Thanks.

great interview with him on the Team Deakins podcast from last year (2021)

Brilliant video and analysis. What is incredible is that you have done a video about my favourite street photographer and somehow one of lifes great coincidences has occurred. At 6mins13seconds to the left of the photographer there is a bald gentleman who is Mick Lynch, the head of the RMT trade union who happens to be one of my favourite human beings. Random I know but you have made my day by somehow including two of the most disparately connected people in your video. Thank you :)

Hi Faizal, it's great that you started this concept, you described Gruyaert's work very well. If I had to add a small criticism, you should push a bit less your colorgrading on shots where you turn the pages. It skews our vision of the photo a little, and there is red in the shadows. Some love from France ;)

Thank you! 💟