{"id":3238,"date":"2014-11-08T16:49:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T16:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2015-02-13T13:56:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T13:56:32","slug":"guy-bourdin-image-maker-exhibition-coming-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/guy-bourdin-image-maker-exhibition-coming-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Bourdin: Image Maker – Exhibition coming up!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/a>\u00a9<\/span>\u00a0The Guy Bourdin Estate, 2014<\/h6>\n

‘The UK\u2019s largest ever exhibition of the influential and enigmatic fashion photographer Guy Bourdin, featuring over 100 works and previously unseen material from the photographer\u2019s estate, from 1955 to 1987.\u00a0 This major show will chart Bourdin\u2019s distinguished 40-year career from Man Ray\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9 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.<\/p>\n

Guy Bourdin\u2019s 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.’<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>\u00a9<\/span>\u00a0The Guy Bourdin Estate, 2014<\/span>
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‘Curated by Alistair O\u2019Neill with Shelly Verthime, the exhibition will include over 100 colour exhibition prints of Bourdin\u2019s most significant works, as well as early and late works in black and white that serve to challenge Bourdin\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 A highlight will be the \u2018Walking Legs\u2019 series – a campaign commissioned by Charles Jourdan in 1979 exhibited in its entirety for the first time with a yet unseen accompanying fashion film.’<\/p>\n

Opens\u00a027 November 2014<\/strong>
\nFull exhibition details can be found here:\u00a0somersethouse.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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