Helmet Newton - Retrospective (Taschen jumbo series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3822860492 ISBN 13: 9783822860496

Publisher: Taschen GmbH, 2000

Synopsis

Turning 80 is not so bad when the occasion is marked by a sweeping retrospective of your life's work. An exhibition of 300 works by Helmut Newton, curated by Francoise Marquet, will open on October 30th at the New National Gallery in Berlin.Taschen is proud to bring you the catalog of the exhibition, edited by Manfred Heiting, project director of the German Center of Photography. This will be of particular interest to those who coveted our record-breaking publication of Newton's work, Sumo, but not its price tag. The catalog features works carefully selected for the exhibition from Newton's entire career, including many images not appearing in Sumo. This is the blockbuster photography show in Germany this year, if not in all of Europe. Get yourself a copy of the catalog, celebrate Newton's birthday, and enjoy an overview of the provocative, groundbreaking photography that has inspired an entire genre.

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Review:

Helmut Newton: Work is the companion piece to the fashion photographer's retrospective that premiered at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin in October 2000 and moved on to London's Barbican in May 2001. A celebration of Newton's 80th birthday, Work brings together the entire ouevre of the master--stunning portraits from such seminal volumes as Big Nudes--as well as many distinguished commissions for Vogue and Vanity Fair among other publications. Newton's name is synonymous with fetishism, power, voyeurism--and the controversy that comes with tackling such "taboo" subjects. It's hard to believe that up until 20 years or so ago Newton was just another glossy fashion photographer--albeit a witty and wry one--today his statuesque, expressionless women, beyond boldness in their flagrant nudity, ensure his place in portrait history. It isn't just about naked women of course, though it is hard to forget their chiselled, high-glossed bodies, whether splayed between the jaws of a crocodile, trussed up invitingly (though never demurely or coyly--these images are about the ferocity of the subject as much as the power of the lens) in a saddle and burnished boots, a new take on the classic 1970s YSL trouser suit or, in the case of Newton's own wife, June, displaying more than a hint of decolletage over the remains of dinner. Perhaps the most arresting photograph in Work is that of nonagenarian Leni Riefenstahl scrupulously applying powder to her wizened face--Riefenstahl, whose 1930s images of youth and power are in many ways (but for obviously different reasons) as uneasy on the eye as Newton's own collection.--Catherine Taylor

Synopsis:

This exhibition catalogue presents a retrospective of Helmet Newton's life and works, covering over 300 images including his record breaking publication, "Sumo". The exhibition celebrates the photographer's 80th birthday, on the 30th October 2000, in the New National Gallery in Berlin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen GmbH
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 3822860492
• ISBN 13: 9783822860496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Editor: Heiting Manfred