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Guy Bourdin: Image Maker
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'Biography' presents a wide selection of works from Elmgreen & Dragset's complex universe, including sculpture, performance and interactive installations. Works from the late 1990s onwards will be shown together with recent projects, ...
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The UK’s largest ever exhibition of the influential and enigmatic fashion photographer Guy Bourdin, featuring over 100 works and previously unseen material from the photographer’s estate, from 1955 to 1987. This major show will chart Bourdin’s distinguished 40-year career from Man Ray’s protégé to photography revolutionary in his own right and explore his pursuit of perfection. The exhibited works will exemplify the craftsmanship behind his images, from production to publication, and their enduring quality as a consequence.

 Vogue Paris, May 1970 Photography by Guy Bourdin


Vogue Paris, May 1970
Photography by Guy Bourdin

Guy Bourdin’s editorial and advertising imagery represent a highpoint in late twentieth century fashion photography. His work took the basic function of the fashion photograph -to sell clothing, beauty and accessories- and made it into something rich and strange. Bourdin did this without resorting to exoticism; instead, he established the idea that the product is secondary to the image. From his professional debut for Paris Vogue in the 1950s, Bourdin developed a distinctive style of visual storytelling which continues to serve as a source of inspiration to contemporary fashion photographers from Tim Walker to Nick Knight.

 Vogue Paris, October 1977 Photography by Guy Bourdin


Vogue Paris, October 1977
Photography by Guy Bourdin

Curated by Alistair O’Neill with Shelly Verthime, the exhibition will include over 100 colour exhibition prints of Bourdin’s most significant works, as well as early and late works in black and white that serve to challenge Bourdin’s reputation as a colour photographer. This is complimented by a range of other photographic materials: unique Polaroid test shots, double-page spread layouts, contact sheets and transparencies marked for composition that explore Bourdin’s craftsmanship as an image maker and the processes involved in producing startling and provocative imagery in a pre-digital age. It also highlights Bourdin as a pioneer of fashion film, showcasing a range of Super-8 films he made at the same time as his on-location photo shoots.

 Pentax calendar, 1980 Photography by Guy Bourdin


Pentax calendar, 1980
Photography by Guy Bourdin

The exhibition will also feature a selection of paintings, working drawings, sketches and notebooks, not seen in the UK before, which inform his approach as an compositional image-maker and meticulous draughtsman. A highlight will be the ‘Walking Legs’ series – a campaign commissioned by Charles Jourdan in 1979 exhibited in its entirety for the first time with a yet unseen accompanying fashion film.

 Charles Jourdan, Spring 1975 Photography by Guy Bourdin


Charles Jourdan, Spring 1975
Photography by Guy Bourdin

 Vogue Paris, November 1975 Photography by Guy Bourdin


Vogue Paris, November 1975
Photography by Guy Bourdin

 Roland Pierre, Summer 1983 Photography by Guy Bourdin


Roland Pierre, Summer 1983
Photography by Guy Bourdin

 Charles Jourdan, Spring 1976 Photography by Guy Bourdin


Charles Jourdan, Spring 1976
Photography by Guy Bourdin

 Charles Jourdan, Spring 1979 Photography by Guy Bourdin


Charles Jourdan, Spring 1979
Photography by Guy Bourdin

 Charles Jourdan, Fall 1977 Photography by Guy Bourdin


Charles Jourdan, Fall 1977
Photography by Guy Bourdin

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