![]() Helmut Newton’s books include White Women (1976), Sleepless Nights (1978), World Without Men (1984), Sumo (1999), and A Gun For Hire (2005), among others. His fashion and portrait work would be continue to be featured in the world’s leading publications including Vanity Fair and VOGUE until his death in a car accident in 2004 at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles where he resided. He established a distinct erotically-charged style with fetishistic and sado-masochistic subtexts, and his notoriety and fame culminated in his landmark 1980 “Big Nudes” Series. ![]() In 1961 Newton moved to Paris and his work began to be featured regularly in French VOGUE. His growing reputation eventually led to a contract with British VOGUE, and Newton moved to London in 1957. He partnered with Henry Talbot to form a fashion photography studio on Flinders Lane in Sydney. He began assisting photographer Else Neulander Simon in 1936 until the increasingly oppressive Nuremberg laws forced his family to leave Germany, after which Newton would travel to Australia. Tel.Helmut Newton was born in 1920 in Berlin, Germany and began taking photographs at the age of twelve when he purchased his first camera. Ticket available at Venezia Unica Agencies (Piazzale Roma, Tronchetto, Mestre via Verdi, Sottomarina) Finally in Big Nudes, 39 black and white pictures, Newton introduces the gigantography as a photographic practice, establishing himself as one of the main protagonist of XX century photography. In White Women (1976), 61 photos introduce the themes of erotism and nude in fashion photograpy, while in Sleepless Nights (1978) the 69 portraits seem to come out from a film noir. The exhibition includes photoghraphs featured in White Women, Sleepless Nights and Big Nudes, the first three books by Newton, published in the late 70s. ![]() White Women / Sleepless Nights / Big Nudes, curated by Matthias Harder and Denis Curti and organized by Civita Tre Venezie in collaboration with Helmut Newton Foundation, will showcase more than 200 images of Helmut Newton, one of the most renowned and acclaimed photographers of the XX century. From 7th April to 7th August 2016, the exhibition Helmut Newton.
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