Born 1920 in Berlin, German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton set up a studio in fashionable Flinders Lane in Melbourne in 1946 and worked on fashion, theatre and industrial photography in the affluent postwar years.
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| Fashion photography by Helmut Newton in the 1960s |
Newton’s growing reputation as a fashion photographer was rewarded when he secured a commission to illustrate fashions in a special Australian supplement for Vogue magazine, published in January 1956. He won a 12-month contract with British Vogue and left for London in February 1957. Newton left the magazine before the end of his contract and went to Paris, where he worked for French and German magazines. He returned to Melbourne in March 1959 to a contract for Australian Vogue.
Since the 1970s, Newton regularly used Polaroid cameras and film for instant visualization of compositions and lighting situations, especially for his fashion photography. In 1992, Newton published Pola Woman, a book consisting only of his Polaroids. Over 300 works based on the original Polaroids were shown at 2011 exhibition “Helmut Newton Polaroids” at the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin.
Newton died in 2004 in Los Angeles, California, aged 83. These stunning photos are part of his work that Helmut Newton took fashion portraits of classic beauties in the 1960s.
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| Model in red evening gown, photo by Helmut Newton, Vogue, 1960 |
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| Models in colorful dresses on Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, photo by Helmut Newton, French Vogue, May 1962 |
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| Models in print bathingsuits by Heinzelmann (l), Bleyle-Vetrix (c), and Triumph worn by Nena, photo by Helmut Newton, Constanze Mode, Spring/Summer 1962 |
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| Models in two-piece black and white knit jerseys, photo by Helmut Newton, French Vogue, May 1962 |
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| Carmen Dell' Orefice in UMPA natural dark ranch-mink coat wrapped to the throat by Christian Dior-New York, brimmed brown velvet hat with warm brown mists of veling by Emme, photo by Helmut Newton, Vogue, October 15, 1963 |
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