"The classic Photofile series brings together the best work of the world's greatest photographers in an attractive format and at a reasonable price. Handsome and collectible, the books each contain color and/or duotone reproductions, plus a critical introduction and a bibliography. Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) was a fashion photographer whose talent and strength of vision were apparent even in his earliest works. He shared Helmut Newton's ta ..."
"Guy Bourdin's surreal and erotic imagery filled the pages of international fashion magazines in the 1970s. His revolutionary ad campaign for Charles Jourdan shoes fascinated readers with photographs as provocative and edgy today as they were almost three decades ago. Bourdin's influence on modern photography is sweeping and far-reaching-yet he died in 1991 without ever having published a collection of his work. Now his son, Samuel Bourd ..."
"Guy Bourdin's surreal and erotic imagery filled pages of international magazines throughout the 1970s. Within the medium of fashion photography, he gave shape to a dark and intriguing vision that exerted lasting influence on the international style scene and altered the contemporary aesthetic. Bourdin rarely allowed his work to appear outside the pages of the magazines, and there has never been a book published devoted to his remarkable ..."
GuyBourdin(1st Edition) Image Maker by Matthias Harder, GuyBourdin Hardcover, 375 Pages, Published 2017 by Assouline Publishing Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-61428-635-6, ISBN: 1-61428-635-3
"Protégé of Man Ray, principal photographer of Vogue France, inspiration for the fashion world’s favorite photographers, and immortalized in the collections of museums around the world, Guy Bourdin irrevocably changed the face of modern photography. Guy Bourdin: Image Maker is an exploration of the photographer’s iconic imagery, featuring archival material yet unpublished, including original, never-before-seen Vogue layouts, hand-clipped ..."
"The impact of Bourdin's imagery on the realms of both commercial and fine art photography continues to resonate today. He made radical changes in both the style and the meaning of commercial imagery. His fashion shoots are mysterious, hypnotic, surreal, exposing the true and unnerving nature of desire. He shows us that, within the context of fashion, it is rarely the product that compels us. It is the image - the carefully staged narra ..."
"Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) created the most challenging fashion photography of the late 20th century. Over a 35-year career, including more than three decades creating confrontational images for French Vogue and groundbreaking campaigns for Charles Jourdan footwear, he staged complex dramas, with every gesture and prop carrying a potent psychological charge. He showed us that in the context of fashion it is rarely the product that compels ..."
"One of the Greatest Innovators of Fashion Photography; New Book Provides the Perfect Introduction To a Legendary Career. Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) was one of the world's greatest innovators of fashion photography. While his contemporaries Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton achieved great notoriety and fame, Bourdin remains relatively unknown to the general public. But within the worlds of fashion and photography, he is a legend. ..."
"Guy Bourdin was born in Paris in 1928 and received his first photographic training whilst performing military service in Senegal in 1948?9. His photographs were first shown in Paris in 1952, the catalogue for which exhibition included an introduction by Man Ray, and he began working for French "Vogue" in 1954. Inspired by Man Ray's brand of Surrealism, Bourdin rejected the descriptive roles of photography in favour of an exploration of ..."
"Una introducción a la obra innovadora de Guy Bourdin (1928-1991), un pionero en el ámbito de la fotografía de moda. La obra elegante y seductora, aunque a menudo surrealista, de Bourdin revolucionó el género de la fotografía de moda. La introducción de Alison Gingeras ofrece una nueva perspectiva de la vida y la obra de Bourdin, incluida su considerable influencia en el mundo de la fotografía comercial y artística. Ilustra la evolución ..."
"Beautifully designed publication with mostly unseen photograhs of Guy Bourdin. With accompanying texts by different artists. Plus some of his polaroids and many detail shots of his Super 8 films f this project. Printed on different kinds of paper. Softcover with back of thick cardboard."
GuyBourdin(1st Edition) Untouched by GuyBourdin, Shelly Verthime Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2017 by Steidl ISBN-13: 978-3-86930-934-7, ISBN: 3-86930-934-2
"Intriguing, revolutionary and undoubtedly one of the most influential fashion photographers of the twentieth century, Guy Bourdin was a groundbreaking image-maker, whose work has achieved a cultlike following. His striking use of color, suggestive narratives and surrealist aesthetics established a visual language entirely his own. Though best known for his color images, Bourdin launched his career in black and white in the early 1950s. ..."
GuyBourdin Polaroids (Beaux livres) by GuyBourdin, Oliviero Toscani Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2010 by Editions Xavier Barral ISBN-13: 978-2-915173-56-7, ISBN: 2-915173-56-7
"One of the Polaroid's acknowledged masters, Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) brought to the medium an uncanny ability to combine the snapshot feel with a strong patina of glamour, and of course plenty of sexiness. A protégé of Man Ray, and best known today for his controversial fashion photography, Bourdin like his teacher often brought an edge of menace or discomfort to his eroticism, with surrealistic props and implied narratives. Like the Sur ..."
"Guy Bourdins vivid, narrative-infused work placed him at the vanguard of fashion photography for a career that spanned four decades. In Between demonstrates Guy Bourdins unique conceptual and formal engagement with the double-page spread as an art form in itself. This concept appeared in his first published image for French Vogue (1955), a photograph of a model with an Haute Couture Dior hat captured alongside an array of butchered cow ..."
"Guy Bourdin was one of the most acclaimed fashion and advertising photographers of all time. No stranger to controversy, his bold, stylized images constantly broke new ground. Bourdin's sophisticated aesthetic made dramatic use of shapes and color and his subtexts were tantalizing and often bizarre. He made complex, surreal narratives his hallmark--linking simple objects with complicated stories. Many of his tableaux were enigmatic, gui ..."
"Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) created the most challenging fashion photography of the late 20th century. Over a 35-year career, including more than three decades creating confrontational images for French Vogue and groundbreaking campaigns for Charles Jourdan footwear, he staged complex dramas, with every gesture and prop carrying a potent psychological charge. He showed us that in the context of fashion it is rarely the product that compels ..."