Helmut Newton's work continues to be as distinctive and influential as ever. It opened shortly after his death to much critical acclaim and is one of the most visited photographic museums in Europe. Just before his death he founded the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin with June. Living in France from 1960, then Monaco from 1980, he wintered for over thirty years with his wife June (the portrait photographer Alice Springs) in Los Angeles where he died following a heart attack in 2004. He was inspired by the German documentary photographer Erich Salomon, by Brassaï with whom he established a friendship and by Aleksander Rodchenko. She lives on the street, in a motor car, in a hotel room". The majority of Newton's work was shot in the streets or in interiors he always said "A woman does not live in front of white paper. His portraits of the beautiful, the rich, the famous and infamous have amplified his ever-so-real fantasy world. Most striking was his ability to make a thoroughly planned photograph seem fresh and dynamic. Much of his inspiration derived from the daily newspapers, real life situations or paparazzi shots. Known for the precise glamour of his photographs as well as the striking, often controversial scenarios he chooses for his models. Born in Berlin in 1920, Helmut Newton achieved international fame as a fashion photographer in the 1970s while working principally for French Vogue.
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