Guy Bourdin

by Charlotte Cotton

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 us; it is the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810966050
• ISBN13: 9780810966055
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 2.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.1" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary