Guy Bourdin : Polaroids.
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TextPublication details: Paris : Éditions Xavier Barral, c2009.Description: 123 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: - 2915173567
- 9782915173567 (hbk.)
- Polaroids
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Main Library | NonFiction | 770.92 B769 | Available | 33111006314096 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 prot g 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.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Guy Bourdin, ses films--", held at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche, 17 Sept.-29 Oct. 2009, and curated by Shelly Verthine.
Summary: Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée du 17 septembre au 29 octobre 2009 au Bon Marché à Paris. A l'époque bénie photographie argentique-mode-années 1970, Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) fut un pape. Encore utilisée aujourd'hui en photographie de mode notamment, et ce, malgré le numérique, la prise de vue polaroïd est un moment à la fois purement technique et un jeu entre le photographe et le mannequin - élément de transgression précédant le shoot final.