Californian photographer Jean Paul Bourdier creates haunting photo graphics that show his viewers the environment from inside out by painting the bodies of the models, which makes them look like one with the desert landscape.
Bourdier is the author of Bodyscapes (introduction and dvd by Trinh T. Minh-ha), co-author with Trinh Minh-ha of Vernacular Architecture of West Africa, Habiter un monde, African Spaces and Drawn from African Dwellings. Production designer of seven films and co-director of two films directed by Trinh T. Minh-ha. Paintings and photographs of ephemeral sculptures and land art are widely exhibited nationally, winning over fifteen national and international competitons. Awards include Guggenheim, American Council of Learned Societies, NEA, Graham, UC President’s Humanities, and Getty. Professor of design, drawing and photography in the department of architecture at UC Berkeley.
When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion. Darby Bannard
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Stunning shots.
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This is one of the coolest and most creative things I have seen. Very, very interesting and thought provoking.
Really amazing work! Greatly enjoyed looking through these photographs!
Wow. I loved the surrealist shots: very René Magritte. And I’m not particularly a Magritte fan.
Surely the author is part French, non?
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I love this and find the images very striking.
These are lovely. Very striking and they have a very science fiction feel!
Wow. These really are amazing and incredible. Great post!
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Great post!
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