Guy Bourdin for Charles Jourdan

French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin was a visionary whose images set the stage for a new kind of fashion photography.
A protégé to Surrealist photographer Man Ray in the 1950's, Bourdin went on to question boundaries with his photography throughout the 1970's and 80's. He has left us with a body of work that is as relevant today as it was 40 years ago.
Mr. Bourdin worked for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, and shot ad campaigns for Chanel, Issey Miyake, Emanuel Ungaro, Gianni Versace, Loewe, Pentax and Bloomingdale's.
Bourdin's most notorious images came from the ad campaign's he photographed for legendary shoe designer Charles Jourdan.
To make a comparison, Charles Jourdan was the Christian Louboutin of the 70’s and 80's. Every woman from Studio 54 in New York, to the Cafe Flore in Paris was wearing his shoes, notably with their favorite YSL or Halston gowns.
We have put together a selection of our favorite images Guy Bourdin created for Charles Jourdan that continue to inspire us.

More of Bourdin's work can be viewed here.