Exhibit A: Guy Bourdin [Hardcover]

Luc Sante (Author), Michel Guerrin (Author), Samuel Bourdin (Author), Fernando Delgado (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 17, 2001

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 Bourdin, working with creative director Fernando Delgado, has created this gorgeous overview of some of the finest images from his father's legacy. The powerful images are accompanied by a foreword by writer and critic Luc Sante, and a biographical essay by Michel Guerrin, photography critic of Le Monde.

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Samuel Bourdin, son of Guy Bourdin, represents his father's estate.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Bulfinch; First edition (September 17, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082122669X
• ISBN-13: 978-0821226698
• Product Dimensions: 14.5 x 11.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,171,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars master of depraved-chic, March 3, 2002

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BOYWAY (new york city) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Exhibit A: Guy Bourdin (Hardcover)

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.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great first collection., November 27, 2001

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W. Weed "Cynic" (Anchorage, AK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exhibit A: Guy Bourdin (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.