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Of course, there will always be those who look
only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a
more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I
have always preferred inspiration to information.

~ Man Ray
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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Guy Louis Bourdin (December 2, 1928 Paris/March
29, 1991 Paris), born Guy Louis Banars, was a
French fashion photographer.
Guy Louis Banars was born December 2, 1928, at
7 Rue Popincourt, Paris. He was abandoned by his
mother the following year, and was adopted by
Maurice Dsir Bourdin, who brought him up with
the help of his mother Marguerite Legay.
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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During his military service in Dakar (1948/1949),
he received his first photography training as a
cadet in the French Air Force.
In 1950 he returned to Paris, where he met Man
Ray, and became his protg. Bourdin made his
first exhibition of drawings and paintings at
Galerie, Rue de la Bourgogne, Paris. His first
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photographic exhibition was in 1952. Bourdin
exhibited under the pseudonym Edwin Hallan in his
early career.
His first fashion shots were published in the
February issue of Vogue Paris in 1955. He
continued to work for the magazine until 1987.
An editor of Vogue magazine introduced Bourdin to
shoe designer Charles Jourdan, who became his
patron, and Bourdin shot Jourdan's ad campaigns
between 1967 and 1981. His quirky
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anthropomorphic compositions, intricate mise en
scene ads were greatly recognized and always
greatly anticipated by the media.
Bourdin was one of the best known photographers
of fashion and advertising of the second half of the
20th century. 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. Bourdin worked for
Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, and shot ad campaigns
for Chanel, Issey Miyake, Emanuel Ungaro, Gianni
Versace, Loewe, Pentax and Bloomingdale's.
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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Bourdin was the first photographer to create
a complex narrative, then snatch a moment
sensual, provocative, shocking, exotic,
surrealistic, sometimes sinister and simply
associate it with a fashion item. The narratives
were strange and mysterious, sometimes full of
violence, sexuality, and surrealism.
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Bourdin was influenced by his mentor Man Ray,
photographer Edward Weston, the surrealist
painters Magritte and Balthus, and film maker Luis
Buuel. Even though much less well known to the
public than his colleague Helmut Newton (also
working for Vogue), Bourdin possibly has been
more influential on the younger generations of
fashion photographers.
Guy Bourdin was a short man with a whiny voice,
and had a reputation of being incredibly
demanding. Dark rumours surrounded him: his
mother abandoning him as an infant, the suicides
of his wife and two of his girlfriends, and the
cruelty in which he treated his models.
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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Stefanos facebook album It is not about the girls, it's the mood of space!
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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Stefanos facebook album It is not about the girls, it's the mood of space!
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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Stefanos facebook album It is not about the girls, it's the mood of space!
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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Stefanos facebook album It is not about the girls, it's the mood of space!
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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Guy Bourdin, Polaroid
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