A year later, in 1957, his photos were interested in the UK version of this magazine. From that turning point on, his career as a photographer began.Įxactly 10 years later, the “Vogue era” came for Helmut Newton: he started working for the Australian Vogue. Neustaedter became Newton, and soon the whole world learned that name. In 1946, Helmut demobilized and changed his name, which brought him so much grief. It seemed as if the darkness would not end. Persecution of Jews (and he was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Berlin), emigration, work as a cleaner for toilets, and as a laborer in a railway and cement factory. Helmut Neustedter had a difficult childhood and youth. In 2000, he presented his native Berlin with a unique collection of XX century celebrity portraits in the number of… 1000 pieces! The number of his awards is off the charts, as is the number of brilliant shots. Later, he will be the one to make the famous portraits of Salvador Dali and Margaret Thatcher. He took the shots of Elizabeth Taylor, Twiggy, Catherine Deneuve, Andy Warhol, Sting, Sophie Lauren, Monica Bellucci, David Bowie, Julia Roberts. So his photographs must have been the pinnacle of photographic art. Helmut Newton lined up every frame, as the architect lays out the plan of the building, taking into account every detail. Pictures “on the verge” – collars, whips, belts blood and provocative poses, indecency in all its decent splendor. In the ’70s his works were called “pornographic chic”, sex and aggression from different angles became a real philosophical study of Newton. The main secret of the popularity of his photographs was the motto “Sex helps to sell”. It is one of the business cards of a famous German master. It was a real honor to work with Newton for any celebrity, and so throughout his life, he created many quite unique photos of famous actors. Even with the advent of color and digital photographs, he remained faithful to the precision of monochrome and provocative aesthetics. The characteristic features of his style – sharpness and clarity of lines. Helmut Newton became a classic in his lifetime. They are like stories that have no beginning, middle, and end”.
The master often said that his photographs are himself, his fantasies and desires, and added: “Photography never lies, but mine – always. One of his favourite subjects was his wife of 55 years, June, who survived the car crash, which is thought to have happened after Newton suffered a heart attack.One of the most famous fashion photographers, Helmut Newton, was sometimes called a man who likes to look at others. Newton worked with top models and showbiz stars including Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Jerry Hall and actress Charlotte Rampling.
Designer Donatella Versace added: "He was an incredible talent and an amazing person with a warm sense of humour. "He set off a new look in photography that no one else has competed with," said O'Neil. His photographs now sell for as much as £11,000 each. Newton, who was Jewish, was forced to flee Germany in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution.For a time he was a gigolo in Singapore.ĭuring the Sixties and Seventies he was famous for his on-the-street black-and-white fashion shots. He started taking photographs at 12 and spent a lifetime taking sexually-provocative pictures of stunning women in glamorous locations for glossy magazines like Vogue.
German-born Newton - also known as the King of Kink - invented a whole new genre of photography known as porno-chic, with shocking images such as a girl with her legs apart and a gun barrel in her mouth. Supermodel Claudia Schiffer said: "I will miss him." "He was an all-time great," said celebrity photographer Terry O'Neil of the man who became know as the 35mm Marquis de Sade. HE was the greatest and most controversial photographer the fashion world has ever known.Īnd yesterday friends and rivals queued up to pay tribute to Helmut Newton, 83, who died in a car crash in Los Angeles on Friday.
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