STERN PORTFOLIO 6. GUY BOURDIN

Guy Bourdin was one of the most acclaimed fashion and advertisingphotographers of all time. No stranger to controversy, his bold, stylizedimages constantly broke new ground. Bourdin's sophisticated aesthetic madedramatic use of shapes and color and his subtexts were tantalizing andoften bizarre. He made complex, surreal narratives his hallmark-linkingsimple objects with complicated stories. Many of his tableaux wereenigmatic, guiding the viewer into a dream world laden with sex, bizarrejuxtapositions and sometimes a hint of violence. There is nothing coy orcozy about his art! Highly successful, his images graced the pages ofVogue, Harper's Bazaar and many others. His work helped defined the brandsof Chanel, Ungaro and Bloomingdales