Helmut Newton Work

by Manfred Heiting (Editor)

AMAZONS AND STARS IMMORTALIZED BY THE MASTER OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PROVOCATION Turning 80 is not so bad when the occasion is marked by a sweeping retrospective of your life's work. An exhibition of 300 Helmut Newton photographs, curated by June Newton and TASCHEN editor Manfred Heiting, opened on October 30th, 2000 at the National Gallery in Berlin. TASCHEN is proud to bring you HELMUT NEWTON - WORK, the catalog of the exhibition. WORK features for the first time all aspects of Newton's carefully selected fashion and advertising photographs, nudes, portraits, montages and experiments. All together, photographs that span Newton's entire career as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.Embracing without reservation the somewhat menacing sexuality of strong women, Newton's work has a history of creating extreme discomfort - even outrage - in the viewer. Legs apart, breasts exposed or girded in erotically charged undergarments, these über-women stare the viewer down and dare him or her to approach. Even in the notorious shot of a model wearing both riding boots and a saddle, Newton's women truly own their sexuality and that is a threatening stance to many. Knowing this about his work, celebrities allow themselves a more blatantly sexual persona in front of his camera than they might for any other photographer resulting in truly astonishing images of Sigourney Weaver, Catherine Deneuve, Elisabeth Shue and others.WORK is the perfect book for those who coveted TASCHEN's record-breaking book of Newton's work, SUMO, but who could not meet its $1500 price. WORK is SUMO for the rest of us!

Genres: Photography, Art, Fashion, Art and Photography, Coffee Table Books, Art Design

280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Lady-R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Imprescindible.
En cuanto a calidad-contenido-precio posiblemente la mejor manera de conocer la obra de Helmut Newton. Una recopilación muy variada de su increíble trabajo.

[R. Alejandro V. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro ideal para conocer la atrevida obra de este gran fotógrafo. Me encantó. En sus casi 300 páginas podremos apreciar distintos aspectos de su obra, desde sus clásicas fotos para revistas de modas pasando por retratos de famosos personajes hasta su (grandiosa para mi) serie de los Big Nudes.

En cuanto al libro mismo lo que más me decepcionó fue que estaba en tapa blanda. Lo encontré extraño pues para un libro de este tamaño (más o menos grande) y con el grosor de sus hojas, lo más lógico era la tapa dura como había sido su edición original (2000), pues si, esta es una edición del 2016.

Todo amante de la buena fotografía y del arte en general, me atrevería a decir, debe tener este libro. 100% recomendado.

[Veronika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Visually, browsing this book is a great experience. I liked the choice of photographs that are published and their arrangement.

As to the accompanying texts, I was not entirely satisfied.
Helmut Newton is able to combine the non combinable: his personal vision with the specific and somehow closed world of fashion, sexuality with humour and uncommon luxury with the everyday life.
I would therefore like to read something more about his personal history and his outlook on life, fashion and photography.
I did not really like the introductory essay and the biography at the end of the book was deplorably short.

Then again, the title says Helmut Newton: Work, so I suppose I will just have to look for Helmut Newton: Life.

[Esther Markussen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an absolutely phenomenal selection of Photographies. I haven't read/looked through any other Helmut newton books, so I can really compare. Overall, I'm just a big fan of his work, and therefore perhaps a bit biased. No one does chic and sexy better than Helmut Newton and going through this book was like opening a new present every page. I don't know if anyone would find this book as sort of "made for the male-gaze" if that's your view, I must just say that I absolutely disagree. The Models in his photos, always appears very powerful and confident, I think he understood how to showcase women with respect and admiration. That shows in his work, which is really nice.

Sadly I just borrowed this book, and I don't own it, which is such a shame.

[فرهاد ذکاوت · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a table book and review selected different genres shots of Helmut Newton, it is a good one. It cold be a little be better if portraits and some of the famous works added but remember this is just a selected photo-shots of Newton's the late.

[Dierregi · Rating 4 out of 5]

You get what you probably expect from Newton.

[Ellison · Rating 4 out of 5]

large collection of B/w and color photos, each is noted for where, when, and who. moels in various stages of undress, some famous people and the new Beetle