Background
Helmut Newton (born Helmut Neustädter) was born on October 31, 1920, in Berlin, Germany. He was the son of Klara "Claire" (nee Marquis) and Max Neustädter, a button factory owner.
Helmut Newton's grave
Helmut Newton Museum
Plaque of his birthhouse in Schöneberg, Berlin. Translation: At this spot used to stand the birth house of HELMUT NEUSTÄDTER (1920-2004), son of Jewish parents. After his emigration in 1938, he became known as HELMUT NEWTON, one of the most famous photographers worldwide
Portrait from his grave site by his wife, Alice Springs
Memorial plaque at site of Helmut Newton's accident at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, marking the spot where his car hit the wall
(Newton’s collection of portraits from the worlds of film,...)
Newton’s collection of portraits from the worlds of film, fashion, politics, and culture can be considered a pantheon of VIP’s. But his work is a lot more besides. From his portraits, one can see that he would have most liked to be a Roman paparazzo – as he once admitted. Anyone who had a portrait made by him knew what the result would be, and by the 1980s there were absolutely no ‘beautiful people’ in this world who did not want to be photographed by him! In front of his camera, both men and women peeled off their covers – literally as well as figuratively. His brilliant staged creations celebrate the attractiveness and prominence of his models as well as their vanity and imperfections. Newton’s top-quality work for major fashion journals and elitist art magazines is likewise first-class erotic art. This collection was first published by us in 1985.
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2004
(Polaroids occupy a special place in the hearts of many ph...)
Polaroids occupy a special place in the hearts of many photo enthusiasts who remember a time when “instant photography” meant one-of-a-kind prints that developed within minutes of clicking the shutter. What was once a crucial tool for photographers to test their shots before shooting on film has now become obsolete in the face of digital photography. Luckily for us, legendary photographer Helmut Newton saved his test Polaroids, allowing a privileged and rare chance to see the tests from a selection of his greatest shoots over a period of decades.
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Helmut Newton (born Helmut Neustädter) was born on October 31, 1920, in Berlin, Germany. He was the son of Klara "Claire" (nee Marquis) and Max Neustädter, a button factory owner.
Helmut Newton attended the Heinrich-von-Treitschke-Realgymnasium and the American School in Berlin. Interested in photography from the age of 12 when he purchased his first camera, he worked for the German photographer Yva (Elsie Neulander Simon) from 1936.
Closer to the beginning of the war on 9 November 1938 Helmut Newton was briefly interned in a concentration camp on "Kristallnacht", as his family was Jewish. He was issued with a passport just after turning 18 and left Germany on 5 December 1938. Newton's parents fled to South America.
After arriving in Singapore Helmut Newton found he was able to remain there, first and briefly as a photographer for the Straits Times and then as a portrait photographer. He was interned by British authorities while in Singapore and was sent to Australia on board the Queen Mary, arriving in Sydney on 27 September 1940.
After the war in 1945, Helmut Newton became a British subject and changed his name to Newton in 1946. The same year he set up a studio in fashionable Flinders Lane in Melbourne and worked on fashion and theatre photography in the affluent post-war years. He shared his first joint exhibition in May 1953 with Wolfgang Sievers. The exhibition of 'New Visions in Photography' was displayed at the Federal Hotel in Collins Street and was probably the first glimpse of "New Objectivity" photography in Australia.
Helmut Newton went into partnership with Henry Talbot and his association with the studio continued even after 1957 when he left Australia for London. The studio was renamed 'Helmut Newton and Henry Talbot'. He won a 12-month contract with British Vogue and went to London. He left the magazine before the end of his contract and went to Paris, where he worked for French and German magazines.
Helmut Newton returned to Melbourne in March 1959 to a contract for the Australian Vogue. He was working in Paris since 1961 as a fashion photographer. His works appeared in magazines including, most significantly, French Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. He established a particular style marked by erotic, stylized scenes, often with sadomasochistic and fetishistic subtexts. His notoriety continued to increase, most notably with his 1980 "Big Nudes" series, which marked the pinnacle of his erotic-urban style, underpinned with excellent technical skills.
Helmut Newton also worked in portraiture and more fantastical studies. He took a number of pictorials for Playboy, including pictorials of Nastassja Kinski and Kristine DeBell. In October 2003 he established Helmut Newton Foundation in his home town Berlin. His 3 most notable exhibitions concerning erotic photos are White Women, Sleepless Nights and Big Nudes.
(Polaroids occupy a special place in the hearts of many ph...)
(Newton’s collection of portraits from the worlds of film,...)
2004Helmut Newton's 1950 portrait of his wife June, modeling a "Hat of the Week" for Myer's Department Store.
(Helmut Newton's 1950 portrait of his wife June, modeling ...)
1950Nadja Auermann
Jodie Foster
1987Monica Bellucci
Ralph Fiennes
Linda Evangelista
Cindy Crawford
Sigourney Weaver
Catherine Deneuve
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