Guy Bourdin (1928–1991) created some of the most challenging and seductive fashion photography of the last century. He worked for French Vogue for over 30 years, from 1955–1987, and his images filled the pages of international fashion magazines during the 1970s and 1980s in groundbreaking campaigns for Charles Jourdan, Bloomingdales and Dior. His high-glamour, yet often surreal work revolutionized the genre of fashion photography, presenting fashion as the luxurious embellishment rather than the subject of his photographs, which foreground dark fantasies of lust, consumption and desire. Bourdin's legacy can still be seen in the work of photographers such as Stephen Meisel and Helmut Newton. This accessible monograph is the perfect introduction to his work.
- ISBN10 0714862584
- ISBN13 9780714862583
- Publish Date 1 August 2011 (first published 1 January 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 29 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Phaidon Press Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English