Harry Gruyaert: Morocco

Harry Gruyaert first photographed Morocco in the 1970s — and the country’s extraordinary visual quality, its colours and its light, the surfaces of its medinas and its desert landscapes and its coastal cities, has drawn him back repeatedly across five decades. What he found there was a chromatic intensity that Western Europe cannot provide: the terracotta and cobalt and saffron of Marrakech, the silver Atlantic light of Essaouira, the deep shadows and brilliant sun of a culture that understands colour as a form of knowledge.

This definitive Gruyaert Morocco collection gathers work from across his entire career in the country, presented in the format that his extraordinary colour photography demands — large, rich, and completely absorbing.

One of the great photographic monographs — essential for anyone who loves photography, Morocco, or both. Published by Thames & Hudson.