French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin helped define the era of high-gloss glamour that ruled the pages of French Vogue through the 1970s and beyond. Now, his work is being brought to a new generation by long-time admirer Francois Nars, who is using Bourdin's ultimate "lips and tips" image (above) to launch his latest makeup collection.
The highly stylised shot, entitled
Beautiful Stranger
, is typical of the approach of Bourdin, whose influence on editorial fashion and beauty shoots matched that of his better-known colleague Helmut Newton. They both created narratives with their fashion photography, often with disturbing and sexualised undertones.
