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On the Edge.(Guy Bourdin's works)(Brief article)

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| July 01, 2006 | Mead, Rebecca | COPYRIGHT 2006 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

On the Edge

Guy Bourdin [macron]s sensual pictures defined magazine and advertising photography during the 1960s and [macron]70s. And while his images could be shocking, his fashion instincts were right on target. By Rebecca Mead

6[currency]6One problem with being the lesser-known inspiration behind more familiar artworks is that the precursor can end up looking like the derivative. (Thus, African masks always look like Picasso paintings.) Photographer Guy Bourdin, who died in 1991, is another whose influence has been greater than his fame. If images of vacant-eyed girls adopting uncomfortable yet erotic positions, often in fancy shoes, have become ...

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