Helmut Newton
Helmut Newton
Helmut Newtonwas a German-Australian photographer. He was a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications."...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth31 October 1920
CountryGermany
taste way exciting
I am very attracted by bad taste-it is a lot more exciting than that supposed good taste which is nothing more than a standardized way of looking at things,
photography jobs portraits
My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.
photography art dirty
There are two dirty words in photography, one is art, the other is good taste
photography inspiration moving
Photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.
luxury
My women are always victorious.
photography intellectual looks
Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.
beautiful stars three
I like photographing women who appear to know something of life. I recently did a session with a great beauty, a movie star in in her thirties. I photographed her twice within three weeks and the second time I said: "You're much more beautiful today than you were three weeks ago." And she replied: "But I'm also three weeks older.
photography work-out assistants
Technically, I have not changed very much. Ask my assistants. They'll tell you, I am the easiest photographer to work with. I don't have heavy equipment. I work out of one bag.
notebook writing thinking
I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas.
california house backyards
In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors.
together genius taste
Genius and taste don't go together.
portraits scandalous
It's quite true that what I am aiming at, even when I take portraits, is to get a scandalous picture. I would love to be a paparazzo.
firsts shots worst
The first 10 000 shots are the worst.
photography hard-work thinking
The photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them.