“Timeless images from one of the first fashion provocateurs whose singular way of seeing influenced contemporary photography and continues to do so.” –Emotion Daily
Livre Épuisé. Exemplaire Neuf / Copy New.
“On reste toujours merveilleusement surpris quand on a la chance de regarder une photographie de Guy Bourdin. Chacune de ses images est une mine de sens et d’émotions ; en regardant ses photographies on éprouve la sensation particulière d’entrer dans un monde fantastique, humain, onirique, excentrique, absurde, métaphysique, d’une sensibilité unique.
Les images de Guy Bourdin sont hors du temps, il démontre avec son art que ce qui est moderne le restera toujours. Grâce à lui la photographie a atteint une dimension artistique nouvelle.
Son regard singulier a influencé et influence encore aujourd’hui la photographie contemporaine. Guy Bourdin est un grand maître qui laisse une trace très importante dans l’histoire de l’art moderne.” ; préface d’Oliviero Toscani, photos en couleurs, 2ème édition.
Out of Print Book. Exemplaire Neuf / Copy New.
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 Surrealists, he often devised ways to bisect the female form, usually by cropping out above the waist; all these traits of Bourdin’s fashion photography are to be found here, in this selection of 98 Polaroids, most of which have never previously been published. Ranging in formality from casual seaside erotica to darkened interiors with disembodied legs and arms poking into the frame, these images step outside the safety of the fashion shoot, conjuring a real-life realm steeped in an ominous sexuality ; foreword by Oliviero Toscani, 2nd printing.
