本书收录了哈利•格鲁亚特(Harry Gruyaert)拍摄的125张印度照片，其中许多作品是首次在此书公开。从古吉拉特邦到喀拉拉邦，格鲁亚特捕捉到了这个多元国家的精髓。新德里或加尔各答的熙熙攘攘的街道；泰米尔纳德邦或拉贾斯坦邦的简陋村庄；**宗教城市贝纳勒斯的古塔；身穿藏红花和紫色纱巾打谷子的妇女，在烟熏火燎的大桶里忙碌的染工，黄昏时分在游牧民的营地......格鲁亚特镜头下的印度充斥着色彩、光线和噪音，有时也寂静无声。

For more than thirty years, Harry Gruyaert has been recording the subtle chromatic vibrations of Eastern and Western light. His photographs attest to his singular vision: his interest in story, public space and unexpected scenes.

This book brings together 125 of Gruyaert's photographs of India, many published here for the first time. From Gujarat to Kerala, Gruyaert captured the quintessence of this multifaceted country. Streets bustling with activity in New Delhi or Calcutta; modest villages in Tamil Nadu or Rajasthan; ghats of the great religious city of Benares; women in saffron and purple saris beating grain, dyers busy at smoky vats, an encampment of nomadic shepherds at twilight… Gruyaert’s India is saturated with colour, light and noise – and sometimes silence too.

These images move beyond stereotype to present the plurality of India. ‘Taking a photo means both seeking contact and refusing it, being at once the most and the least present,’ says the photographer. It is a question of teasing out wonder, of capturing what characterizes places. The search for density within the frame makes photography a physical experience – one that is particularly well represented here, in this multi-sensorial journey through India.