Publisher/Editions Xavier Barral

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"Polaroids" is a photobook by French photographer Guy Bourdin, who was active in the fashion photography world from the 1960s to the 1980s. Aspiring to be a painter as a student, influenced by Man Ray and Edward Weston, Bourdin's style is a highly original modernist one. Sensual, provocative, and shocking, yet sophisticated and elegant, his work is highly regarded as one of the contributors to elevating fashion photography to the art form. While Bourdin was committed to original work during his lifetime and stubbornly refused to hold exhibitions or publish photobooks, this book features 98 previously unpublished "Polaroid" images. Both the black-and-white and color images are stunning, and some of the images seem more like creative images than actual works. This book offers a glimpse into Bourdin's mind.