Guy Bourdin (born December 2 1928 in Paris, died March 29 1991 of cancer in Paris) was one of the best known photographers of fashion and advertising of the second half of the 20th century. He worked for "Vogue" magazine from 1955 onwards for roughly 30 years. His work for "Vogue", together with another Seventies famous fashion photographer, Helmut Newton defied the standards, ideas and theories about fashion photography in general. Wikipedia
It has been said of Guy Bourdin that he was a complex personality and a gloomy genius who had just chosen a ladies' magazine as his way of expression. www.phinnweb.org/livingroom/ILikeToWatch/guybourdin/
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The V&A is staging the first retrospective of Guy Bourdin , the influential photographer known for his intense and dramatic fashion photographs. Bourdin's high profile years, in the 1970's saw his images featured on the pages of top fashion magazines. A guybourdin.org/tour/tour1.html
We are well aware who brought sexy back, but it was Guy Bourdin who helped define the term in the '50s. The Parisian photographer used precocious models and mysteriously staged narratives to revolutionize the way we look at fashion. A provocative retros www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=662
Bourdin's high-profile years, in the 1970s, saw his images featured on the pages of top fashion magazines. Already in his mid forties by this time, his editorial and advertising photography broke with the conventions of fashion imagery in radical ways. www.culturekiosque.com/travel/item2595.html
We are well aware who brought sexy back, but it was Guy Bourdin who helped define the term in the '50s. The Parisian photographer used precocious models and mysteriously staged narratives to revolutionize the way we look at fashion. A provocative retros www.nylonmag.com/?parid=662§ion=article
This exhibition with more than 300 works is both an introduction and an overview of the essential components of French photographer Guy Bourdin 's (1928-1991) oeuvre. It aims to establish his status as a visionaire image maker and his inspiring power whi www.culturekiosque.com/travel/item12658.htm
