Guy Bourdin

Guy Bourdin is one of four new titles being published this Spring in Thames & Hudson’s acclaimed ‘Photofile’ series.

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.

About the 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.