PHOTOGRAPHER

Guy Bourdin

1928 - 1991

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Guy Bourdin (2 December 1928 – 29 March 1991), was a French artist and fashion photographer known for his highly stylized and provocative images. From 1955, Bourdin worked mostly with Vogue as well as other publications including Harper's Bazaar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Bourdin has received more than 248,471 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Guy Bourdin is the 75th most popular photographer, the 3,692nd most popular biography from France and the 13th most popular French Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Guy Bourdin ranks 75 out of 148. Before him are Karimeh Abbud, Berry Berenson, Gertrude Käsebier, Cornell Capa, Gisèle Freund, and Manuel Álvarez Bravo. After him are Karl Blossfeldt, Paolo Monti, Werner Bischof, Weegee, René Burri, and Lothar Wolleh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Guy Bourdin ranks 304. Before him are Qian Qichen, José Bonaparte, Estelle Harris, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Milka Babović, and Sisavath Keobounphanh. After him are Luis Posada Carriles, Cristina Calderón, Hiroshi Nakajima, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Mikio Sato, and Péter Boross. Among people deceased in 1991, Guy Bourdin ranks 137. Before him are Yusuf Idris, Viviane Romance, Colleen Dewhurst, Vasco Pratolini, Peggy Ashcroft, and Ed Heinemann. After him are Northrop Frye, Dean Jagger, Gene Clark, Richard Speck, Elisaveta Bagriana, and Curt Bois.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guy Bourdin ranks 3,692 out of 6,770. Before him are Vincent Candela (1973), Blaise Matuidi (1987), Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (885), Esther Duflo (1972), Emmanuel de Martonne (1873), and Jean Nicolas (1913). After him are Henri Sauguet (1901), Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (1860), Charles Renard (1847), Jules Cambon (1845), Alain Calmat (1940), and François Marius Granet (1775).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In France

Among photographers born in France, Guy Bourdin ranks 13. Before him are Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Hippolyte Bayard (1801), André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819), Patrick Demarchelier (1943), Sophie Calle (1953), and Étienne Carjat (1828). After him are Marc Riboud (1923), Willy Ronis (1910), Hedi Slimane (1968), Lucien Clergue (1934), Sabine Weiss (1924), and Françoise Demulder (1947).

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