Guy Bourdin
Subtitle: untouched
By: editors, Shelly Verthime and Pascal Dangin
Contributors: Garner, Philippe, contributor; Verthime, Shelly, editor, contributor; Dangin, Pascal, editor, contributor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Steidl
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9783869309347
Subjects: Catalogs; Artistic Photography; Fashion photography; Erotic Photography
Other titles: Untouched
Description: "Though best known for his color images, Bourdin launched his career in black and white in the early 1950s. Untouched explores this largely unseen work and gives insight into the early development of his photographic eye. The carefully constructed images, initially conceived as an exhibition series, reveal his artistic motivation years before he began working on assignments for French Vogue and Photo Femina. In both concept and composition, these photographs display his fascination with striking graphic layouts and narrative cinematic portraiture. Capturing people he encountered on the streets of Paris, Bourdin trained his eye to transcend the reality of the medium, developing a unique perspective through unconventional manipulations of the picture plane. Untouched is the first volume in a series of eight forthcoming books that explore the photographer's complete works."--The publisher.
Notes: All images were photographed between 1950-1955.
Table of contents: title: [plates]; title: Unique perspectives / Philippe Garner ; Sally Verthime; title: Genesis / Pascal Dangin; title: Chronology.