Guy Bourdin received his first photographic training in Senegal in 1948/9 while undertaking military service. His photographs were first shown in Paris, 1952, and he began working for French Vogue in 1954. He was inspired by the surrealists. One of his biggest influences was Man Ray. Bourdin moved away from the roles of traditional photography, taking his own path instead.
When Bourdin uses colour in his photographs it is often bright warm colours, red frequents his photographs quite a lot. The warm colours in this photograph contrasts largely with the black of her outfit. Black and white are some other contrasting colours that frequent Bourdin's works.
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| Guy Bourdin, Charles Jourdan advertisement (1979) |
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