Publisher/Thames & Hudson

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"East / West" is a collection of works by Belgian photographer Harry Glière (1941-). Glière joined Magnum Photos in 1972 and garnered attention for his bold color work, which distinguished him from the monochrome journalistic photography of the time. His style, which portrays cities and landscapes with a focus on light and color, established a European perspective distinct from American color photography and earned him acclaim for pioneering the artistic possibilities of color photography. His unique sensibility, influenced by the colors of television images, combined with meticulous composition, vividly highlights the structure and poetry hidden in the everyday. This book features a series of photographs taken in the 1980s during the Cold War, depicting the cityscapes and people of the Soviet bloc and Western Europe, symbolized by East and West Berlin. Through the contrasts of color and light, Glière visually portrays the reality of life and cultural atmosphere across political boundaries, making this an important volume emblematic of his color work.