- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (1 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0224062042
- ISBN-13: 978-0224062046
- Product Dimensions: 37.2 x 28.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 775,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Guy Bourdin, who died in 1991, was a legend in the world of fashion photography. He was the most radical and audacious photographer of his generation but his reputation has been surrounded in secrecy - he rarely allowed his photographs to appear outside the pages of French Vogue. No book of his work has previously been published. His estate was frozen by the courts until 1997, after which his son, Samuel, gained control of his work as a result of which this long-awaited book can be published. Bourdin was originally a painter and a friend of Man Ray. His fashion photographs began to incorporate his surrealist influences. Fashion photography became an arena for his personal obsessions. The results are as shocking and astonishing as any commercial photograph ever published. They were executed meticulously. Despite his intense eroticism, subversion and, as Cecil Beaton described, 'his grotesque little gamines', Beaton referred to him in 1975 as 'unquestionably the most interesting fashion photographer in Paris today'. His work was said to have represented 'the look of an era - glamorous, hard-edged, cleverly spiced with vulgarity...rich with implied narratives and strong erotic undercurrents'.
About the Author
Michel Guerrin is a critic for Le Monde in Paris.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Finally this wonderful photographer is recognised, and by a book which truely does his work justice. Guy Bourdin... has an amazing eye for the purity of image perfectly depicted in this book. His understanding of form, composition, and overall balance are, in my opinion second to none. This book shows a range of his best pieces in glorious colour. It is a must for any Guy Bourdin fans, and a definate consideration for anyone who is a fan of the French Vogue style photographs. An excellent compilation!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
master of depraved-chic
3 Mar 2002
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Anyone who ever was impressed by the spectacularly original and outrageously suggestive fashion photographs of the notorious French and Italian editions of Vogue from the red-hot seventies....will savor this collection of legendary images by the twisted visionary master, Guy Bourdin. Mr. Bourdin, alongside Mr. Helmut Newton, changed what was acceptable as images to sell luxurious, overpriced designer products. They introduced imagry inspired by pornography, violent crime scenes, surrealism, pop art and film noir to high-fashion magazines and started a trend that will never go out.....even though the versions recreated today no longer have the style, taste, artistry or originality of these masters.....ironic, considering both these master image makers were considered "depraved and tasteless" by many subscription-cancellers at their peak of editorial dominance. A superb example of a most sophisticated, well read and researched visual artist venturing way
off-road into questionable inspiration, but always ending up with a fantastically graphic and chic image....that successfully sold a hell of a lot of designer goods.
off-road into questionable inspiration, but always ending up with a fantastically graphic and chic image....that successfully sold a hell of a lot of designer goods.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A great first collection.
27 Nov 2001
Format:Hardcover
This sample of Guy Bourdin's work is an interesting glimpse of some of his photographs. Little known in America, Bourdin was well known in the world of fashion photography and often copied by well known, popular photographers. This selection offers a taste of his work and a hint of what will follow in further releases of his photographs.
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