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Newton's collection of portraits from the worlds of film, fashion, politics and culture can be considered a pantheon of VIP's. But his work is a lot more besides. From his portraits, one can see that he would have most liked to be a Roman paparazzo - as he once admitted. Anyone who had a portrait made by him knew what the result would be, and by the 1980's there were absolutely no 'beautiful people' in this world who did not want to be photographed by him! In front of his camera, both men and women peeled off their covers - literally as well as figuratively. His brilliant staged creations celebrate the attractiveness and prominence of his models as well as their vanity and imperfections. Newton's top-quality work for major fashion journals and elitist art magazines is likewise first-class erotic art. This collection was first published by us in 1985.
Zusammenfassung
Helmut Newton realisierte seine prachtvolle Portraitkollektion der beautiful people aus der internationalen Welt des Films, der Künste und der Moden ab 1974 als Auftragsarbeiten für große Magazine wie Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, aber auch für elitäre Kunstzeitschriften wie Egoiste und Wolkenkratzer. Sie alle sind in diesem Band versammelt. In seinen Photographien der bekanntesten Filmstars, Modeschöpfer, Schauspieler, Künstler, Schriftsteller, Popmusiker und Photographen hat Newton den diskreten Charme der Bourgeoisie mit der Unverfrorenheit eines römischen Paparazzo abgerichtet. Mit höchster technischer Perfektion, Frechheit und starkem Stilwillen hielt er das psychologische Drama zwischen dem Glamour des Showbusiness und dem Geltungsbedürfnis seiner Modelle in meisterhaften Photographien fest. Der Band enthält Portraits von Paloma Picasso, Catherine Deneuve, Hanna Schygulla, Romy Schneider, Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Andy Warhol, Sophia Loren, Liz Taylor, Mick Jagger, Kim Basinger, Jack Nicholson, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Nastassja Kinski und vielen anderen.
