Helmut Newton. Berlin, Berlin
Helmut Newton. Berlin, Berlin by Matthias Harder is a multilingual publication from Taschen, set to be released in 2024. This book presents a collection of Helmut Newton’s iconic images captured in Berlin, showcasing his journey from a young photographer in the city to an influential figure in fashion and portrait photography. The work features a range of photographs, including well-known shots and previously unseen images from the 1930s to the 2000s, reflecting Newton’s deep connection to Berlin.
Readers will find a diverse array of subjects within this collection, including fashion, portraits, and the vibrant nightlife of Berlin. The book captures moments from the city’s film scene, featuring notable figures such as Hanna Schygulla and David Bowie, alongside intimate nude portraits and scenes from the clubs and restaurants that shaped Newton’s early experiences. With 244 pages, this edition offers a comprehensive look at Newton’s artistic legacy, closing a significant chapter in the narrative of his life and work.
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Born in Berlin in 1920, Helmut Newton trained as a teenager with legendary photographer Yva, following her lead into the enticing pastures of fashion, portraiture and nudes. Forced to flee the Nazis aged only 18, Newton never left Berlin behind. After his career exploded in Paris in the 1960s, he returned regularly to shoot for magazines like Constanze, Adam, Vogue, Condé Nast’s Traveler, ZEITmagazin, Männer Vogue, Max and the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin as well as his own magazine Helmut Newton’s Illustrated.
In 1979, the newly relaunched German Vogue commissioned him to retrace the footsteps of his youth to capture the fashion moment. The resulting portfolio, Berlin, Berlin!, inspired the title of the exhibition which celebrates 20 years of the Helmut Newton Foundation.
This collection includes Newton’s most iconic Berlin images, as well as many unknown shots from the 1930s to the 2000s: nightcrawlers in uber-cool clubs and restaurants, nude portraits in the boarding houses he knew from his youth, and the Berlin film scene, featuring Hanna Schygulla and Wim Wenders at the Berlin Wall, John Malkovich and David Bowie.
In October 2003, only months before his death, Newton moved large parts of his archive to his new foundation, housed in the Museum of Photography beside the Zoologischer Garten station–the very station from which he fled Berlin in the winter of 1938. This publication thus closes a circle in the story of his extraordinary life and work.
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