Helmut Newton

Catherine Deneuve
David Lynch & Isabella Rossellini
Salvador Dali, 1973
Nadja, Fashion Dolce & Gabbana, American Vogue, Monte Carlo 1955
Faye Dunaway
in action
check out on your right, June, Helmut's wife, his muse, who became herself a famous portraitist under the name of Alice Springs
Elsa Peretti
Big Nude III
Paloma Picasso

...most of my European images, have a stronger sexual content than those designed for American publication. The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's Thought Police and fascist regimes. (...) my imagination needed the reality of the outdoors (...)

"I was there." The camera does not lie, the approaching storm, the Death Strip in Berlin, it was real. Jesus on the cross, who knows? It was so long ago. True or False? It must have been flesh and blood and storm and mortar, otherwise it would not be on film. (Helmut Newton Monte Carlo, 1991)

So, if you find yourselves in Berlin, go for Helmut Newton museum. Check his letters (handwritten only) to Anna Wintour. Check fashion world's personal condolences to June after his death. Check the vintage Louboutins he used for his shots. Check June's portraits.

Voyeux, fetischiste au mieux, pornographe dominateur pour les tenants du bon gout meurtris par les talons aiguilles de ses belles du jour... (presse francais)

Jealous & Inspired,
Clemmie & Melroy