(...) Guy Bourdin's work actually transcended advertising and entered the vernacular. They have the quality of a painting, in that they have layers and they stick in your mind after you've seen them. Even today, 40 years on, there are people aspiring to weak imitations of his work. That's both a sad indictment of our times and a huge compliment to Bourdin ...

Adrian Rossi in Wallpaper, april 2003