“I’ve learned everything about the industry that I know now through him.
We clicked there and then and didn’t let go of each other until the day he died. “We just started talking and we found out we had a lot of things in common: him being an immigrant and refugee leaving Germany and me being an immigrant and refugee having left the East Block (Yugoslavia). He was an absolute gentleman and absolutely charming. He was nothing I expected him to be in a way. It was for this car and I only found out it was going to be with Helmut Newton when I got there. I was booked for a photoshoot by my agent in Strasbourg, France, early 90s. “I used to be a hairdresser and a make-up artist. Sascha Lilic is a London and Paris-based stylist who worked exclusively with Helmut Newton for over ten years. And that’s the secret behind his willingness and eagerness to go back to Berlin starting in the 60s, and then in the 70s, and then in the 80s and 90s he was often in Berlin.” And then I think what I discovered and liked about him was his positive thinking: He never said that something is impossible. The photographs tell that but you have to know what the background is. This perspective of women was actually a revelation. He explained that once to me because he said that’s the most interesting: their strength and openness and they’re much stronger than men. “What I didn’t know before I met him, looking at his photographs, was that he had so much respect for women. It was his brand to do those provocative photographs. Our time is so fast and he died over ten years ago and would have turned 100 this year and that’s a good reason to look back. But I wanted to do something for his memory and he shouldn’t be forgotten, because now he’s on the verge of being forgotten a little bit. A monument is not a good word for Helmut.
“I still think about him everyday: his sense of humour, his elegance, his positiveness. Gero von Boehm is the director of the 2020 documentary, The Bad and the Beautiful, and was a close friend and collaborator of Helmut Newton. Photos spanning his career will be presented along an 85 meter-long wall in Kreuzberg in addition to City Light posters around the city and a viewing of the recently released documentary on Newton, The Bad and the Beautiful.īut who was this controversial figure behind the lens? And how did he conduct himself on photo shoots? Oft-mentioned were his unforgettable humour and undeniable reverence of bold women, connecting these five, distinct personal histories of candid, poignant observations – with a little bit of a wink. He returned periodically to Berlin after the war to shoot fashion editorials and fondly revisited his old neighborhood as witnessed in the 2002 German documentary of his life, Mein Leben.Īt the end of October, the Helmut Newton Foundation will fete the provocative fashion photographer throughout Berlin on what would have been his 100th birthday with Helmut Newton One Hundred.
It was the place he had learned to be a photographer and where stark Nazi iconography played a major role in shaping his vision – even though he grew up in a Jewish family. From shadowy street to hotel boudoir, it's a collection that showcases Newton's suggestive storytelling throughout his fashion, editorial, or personal pictures.Despite his dramatic departure on the eve of World War II from his birth city of Berlin, Helmut Newton had never forgotten its formative influence on his life and work. Joining TASCHEN's illustrious collection of Helmut Newton titles, including Helmut Newton: Polaroids, Pages from the Glossies, and the spectacular Helmut Newton: SUMO, this fresh edition of Helmut Newton: Work spans an impressive stretch of Newton's career, including some of his most striking shots from the '60s through to his golden heyday. His aesthetic was uniquely his, while at the same time establishing a new way of photographing fashion and glamour. Helmut Newton (1920-2004) is remembered as one of the most prolific photographers of the 20th century, channeling the sensuality and erotic power of his subjects with panache, precision, and impact. Author(s): Helmut Newton (By (photographer)) Françoise Marquet
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