Models, stylists, fashion editors, photographers and friends will share unique perspectives on a titan of 20th century fashion photography whose influence lives on. The film examines the legendary photographer’s impact on fashion, on women and on photography – as told by men and women who knew him, worked with him and were influenced by his remarkable vision. From a photo shoot with Cindy Crawford and Helena Christensen in Saint-Tropez to a conversation with June in the privacy of their room at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, the man behind so many provocative images is revealed.Īdditionally, the Annenberg Space for Photography has commissioned an original documentary film from Arclight Productions entitled Provocateur. Helmut by June, a documentary film shot and directed by June Newton, Newton’s wife of 56 years, goes behind the scenes at several of his photo shoots and provides an intimate look into his private life and the couple’s remarkable relationship. In addition to the more than 100 prints displayed, the exhibit will feature two films about Newton. The photographs were made specifically for the exhibition and are large-scale – some reaching nearly six feet in size. On top of that, his compositions were brilliantly precise, cinematic in their scope and in their storytelling,” says Wallis Annenberg, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of the Annenberg Foundation.
Newton deepened our understanding of changing gender roles, of the ways in which beauty creates its own kind of power and corruption. If Newton’s work was controversial, I believe it’s because he expressed the contradictions within all of us, and particularly within the women he photographed so beautifully: empowerment mixed with vulnerability, sensuality tempered by depravity. “Helmut Newton is one of the most powerful and influential photographers of the past century – the place where art and fashion and subversion and aspiration all collide. The exhibition was originally organized by Manfred Heiting for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Images from Newton’s first three books – White Women, Sleepless Nights and Big Nudes – will be on view June 29 through September 8, 2013. Big Nudes, featuring the work of the revolutionary fashion photographer is the first exhibition of Helmut Newton’s work outside of gallery shows in Los Angeles, his long-time winter residence.
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