My first introduction to Guy Bourdin and probably a notable reference for many photographers is that of his Charles Jourdan shoe campaign of the 1970s. Bourdin’s fashion photography defined a style that I think hibernated for awhile and then reemerged to influence perhaps Fiona Apple’s “Criminal” music video and maybe even Juergen Teller’s current Marc Jacob ads, albeit the Marc Jacob ads seem unrelated and blatantly stark verging on mocking by comparison. But in all, the core is an almost defiant favoring of object and form versus light, and the static versus fluidity.
