Practical Photography

There aren’t many photographers who haven’t heard of Helmut Newton, his most famous images were part of his ‘Big Nudes’ exhibition.

Newton was German born who left Germany at a young age to escape persecution for his Jewish roots, he spent time in Singapore before setting in Australia. Many people immigrated to Australia from different backgrounds and was considered part of the outsiders until he served his time in the Australian Army during World War 2. Post War Newton set up a studio with another photographer Henry Talbot and worked predominantly in fashion photography, until he left for London in 1959.

Newton travelled Europe for 2 years until he settled in Paris where he got the chance to shoot for Vogue and Harpers Bizaar. His particular photographic style was labelled exotic and his most famous works were of nudes.

He had amazing technical ability and a great imagination, he mastered rotic images without them being sleazy. He died in a car crash in California and his ashes are scattered next to Marliena Deichtrich’s in his birthtown of Berlin.