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1 Harry De Zitter Photographer sans Frontiéres By: Richard Geary

The secret to Harry's success as a photographer is that he sees things very differently than the rest of us. He never stops looking. I've never seen Harry without some kind of camera with him.

It can be a certain person, a certain light Previous page: Soiled Carmelite summer sandals waiting to be cleaned.

2 The secret to Harry's success as a photographer is that he sees things very differently than the rest of us. He never stops looking. I've never seen Harry without some kind of camera with him. Harry can be on a shoot and suddenly get up and go shoot something unrelated that interests him. It can be a certain person, a certain light Previous page: Soiled Carmelite summer sandals waiting to be cleaned. Carmeilite Cloister Oudenaarde Belgium Above: Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy Opposite page: Ospedale SS Giovani Paolo Venice Italy or something as simple as a pair of shoes. Harry finds it difficult to separate professional work from personal; for him it is all the same. It's a very fluid way of looking at the world. There is nothing predictable about it. Born in Belgium, raised and educated in South Africa, Harry has had studios in Cape Town, Johannesburg, London and New York and has had commissioned assignments all over the world. He has won every major photography award in advertising multiple times and his very long client list reads like a who's who of world corporate culture. Harry tests photo equipment for Canon, Fuji and Gitzo-Manfrotto on a continual basis. He is a photographer's photographer in every sense. It is a testament to Harry's personal vision that many major corporations world-wide have chosen his personal work to represent their corporate image

3 Renzo Rosso Founder & Owner of Diesel Clothing Italy at his New York headquarters

Opposite page top: Lazy Summer Days Gulf of Mexico Opposite page bottom: Storm Approaching

Miami It is Harry's ability to connect with his subjects and with us that is the most

They are often funny, they are many times sad and they convey, occasionally, a sense of

4 Opposite page top: Lazy Summer Days Gulf of Mexico Opposite page bottom: Storm Approaching Naples Pier Gulf of Mexico Below: Four Amigos playing Dominoes at Cigar Bar Little Havana Miami It is Harry's ability to connect with his subjects and with us that is the most telling. There is nothing contrived in his pictures. They are often funny, they are many times sad and they convey, occasionally, a sense of introspective loneliness. He loves the lonely object in a room or in a field and the incongruity and pathos of the lost, or out of place

Above: Phil Taylor Professional American Football Nose Tackle Naples Opposite page top: Dawid Pellely Prince Albert South Africa Opposite page bottom: Ty Mitchell

He is as comfortable with a cowboy as he is with a world famous chef, museum director or the creative director of Land Rover/Range Rover.

But, he always manages to engage them and the camera to where you almost know what they are thinking. You really don't ask Harry to photograph your portrait.

5 Above: Phil Taylor Professional American Football Nose Tackle Naples Opposite page top: Dawid Pellely Prince Albert South Africa Opposite page bottom: Ty Mitchell Alpine Texas Harry's portraiture is his strongest suit. He has shot many celebrities but he does not seek them out. He is as comfortable with a cowboy as he is with a world famous chef, museum director or the creative director of Land Rover/Range Rover. He easily convinces people to allow him to photograph them in a bar, cafe, on the street, at work or in a formal setting. But, he always manages to engage them and the camera to where you almost know what they are thinking. You really don't ask Harry to photograph your portrait. He usually asks you...because he 'sees' something. It is an interesting moment and you will never get what you imagine yourself to be. It will be as Harry sees you, an interesting person with wrinkles, tattoos, an eye patch...warts and all. But be assured; he will capture you

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Although he can, Harry doesn't seek seems to be able to make the An impressive series of portfolios of to take 'pretty' pictures. They are often camera...just disappear.

Harry's awards, exhibitions and contact informa- Opposite page top: Nigel Slater World Famous British Chef London world and people around us.

The De Zitter "Gallery Collection" Signed Opposite page bottom: Hayden Proud Curator National Gallery Cape Town with Portrait of Sir Cecil John Rhodes South Africa spection, and a sense of

7 Although he can, Harry doesn't seek seems to be able to make the An impressive series of portfolios of to take 'pretty' pictures. They are often camera...just disappear. Harry's work as well as a list of his clients, Below: Stu Kendall Creative Director Land Rover/Range Rover at lunch London gritty, streetwise photographs of the This is a very small sampling of Harry's awards, exhibitions and contact informa- Opposite page top: Nigel Slater World Famous British Chef London world and people around us. Many times they show sadness and neglect, intro- most recent work from Begium, Italy, South Africa, UK and the U.S.. A major show tion can be viewed at The De Zitter "Gallery Collection" Signed Opposite page bottom: Hayden Proud Curator National Gallery Cape Town with Portrait of Sir Cecil John Rhodes South Africa spection, and a sense of aloneness and of 100 of Harry De Zitter's photographs will Limited Edition prints available from G&H detachment. But there is always a sense be mounted at Artis-Naples at The Baker of connection with the viewer and Harry Musem, Naples, Florida in April of

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