Think you know what fashion photography is about? Look again! The wonderful zany work of 70s French Vogue photographer Guy Bourdin was on show at Somerset House from November 2014 until March 2015, and showcased his extraordinary ability to tell a story. The exhibition was full of Bourdin's work throughout his career, including paintings, photographs, magazine layouts, and some strange films focusing on the way in which models pose.
A particular favourite was 'Britain by Cadillac', a series of photographs for a Charles Jourdan advertising campaign in 1979. Bourdin dispensed with the use of a model and employed instead a pair of mannequin legs, cut off just below the knee. She is only a hint of a woman, and yet in each situation in which Bourdin placed her she becomes a complete character within a story, told around many iconic British landmarks such as a Brighton seafront, an English rose garden, a taxi rank, and Battersea Power Station.
Please come up to the Art Department to see Miss Eng's Guy Bourdin book if you are interested in learning more about it!
A particular favourite was 'Britain by Cadillac', a series of photographs for a Charles Jourdan advertising campaign in 1979. Bourdin dispensed with the use of a model and employed instead a pair of mannequin legs, cut off just below the knee. She is only a hint of a woman, and yet in each situation in which Bourdin placed her she becomes a complete character within a story, told around many iconic British landmarks such as a Brighton seafront, an English rose garden, a taxi rank, and Battersea Power Station.
Please come up to the Art Department to see Miss Eng's Guy Bourdin book if you are interested in learning more about it!