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 taste for controversy and stylization, but Bourdin’s
formal daring and the narrative power of his images exceeded the
bounds of conventional advertising photography. Shattering expectations and questioning boundaries, he set the stage for a new kind of
fashion photography.
Contributors
Gilles De Bure
Author
Gilles de Bure (1940–2013) was a journalist for publications including Glamour, Beaux Arts, and Technikart, among others, on subjects ranging from dance to architecture. He was responsible for the Current Affairs Gallery at the Center for Industrial Creation—Centre Pompidou and was the first director of the Grande Halle de la Villette.
