Guy Bourdin (1928-91)
Guy Bourdin was born in Paris, he had a profoundly influential impact on fashion photography.
His fashion editorial and advertising was published principally in French Vogue from the mid-1950s through to the late 1980s, where it had its greatest impact in the decade of the 1970s.
His early inspiration was from Surrealism, and specifically the work of Man Ray, with whom he struck up a relationship, the Surrealist whose vision had reconfigured notions of what a photograph might be.
i like his images because i found it unusual and unique. i like the surreal mood that he created, that other people wouldn't do.
posted by melanie at 10:24 am
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Guy bourdin is one of my favorite photographers and one of the most intriguing people. He actually wanted to be an artist, his major hero and mentor being man ray and chose photography only due to his lack of talent as a painter. THis is said to be one of the reasons he held such disdain for photography and for his models. He did incredibly progressive work, which he laboured over - in his book you can see detailed sketchs that he drew of a shoot with even the gutter put in so the shot would work in the magazine format. My favorite shot of his is a still life shot of powerpoints with blood coming out of one which was an add for charles jourdan shoes in the 80's. i saw it in a french fashion magazine many years ago and had no idea what it said, or who did it, or what it was for but it held such resonance and had such a strong visial impact for me, i absolutly love it
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