#inspectormaigret

Born in Liege, he began work as a reporter for a local newspaper at the age of sixteen, and at nineteen he moved to Paris to embark on a career as a novelist. Shortly before his death, his crime fictions were selling 300,000 copies a year in the mid-eighties in the USA alone. "  Simenon in RTE

georgessimenon.co.uk

Penguin is republishing each of Simenon’s Maigret detective novels at a rate of one a month, and with over 20 now available, it’s possible to get a sense of how Gruyaert’s imagery is working across the new series. Paired with fairly sparse design for the author’s name and individual book titles, Gruyaert’s photographs take centre stage on the covers.

Gruyaert is especially known for his experimental use of colour and his striking use of light and shadow. His photograph’s often contain an air of dramatic mystery, making them a natural companion for a series of detective novels.

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2015/october/magnum-photographer-harry-gruyaert-opens-his-archive-for-penguins-maigret-series/