[Two people stand in a dark street at night. One person stands partially behind the other and is completely nude, wearing only black high heels. The other person wears a black suit and stands with their left hand in their pocket, right hand holding a cigarette, and one foot on the curb.]
Helmut Newton
Rue Aubriot, Paris , 1975
Artwork Type: Photographs
Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper
Dimensions: 12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm)
Accession #: 19850974M
Credit: Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York on behalf of The University at Albany Foundation, gift of Marvin and Carol Brown
Related Exhibitions:
Regarding Place: Photographs From The University Art Collections
Look This Way: Portraits from the University Art Collections
Copyright: © Helmut Newton
Object Label:
Show Object Label(s)German, born Berlin, 1920, died 2004
Helmut Newton first achieved international fame in the 1970s while working for French Vogue. Renowned for his striking compositions, bold lighting, and controversial scenarios, Newton preferred to shoot in streets or interiors rather than in studios. He transformed fashion photography from a mere photographic report of current styles to an alluring presentation with mis-en-scene and a narrative. In many cases, he would be on a professional shoot and adjust the shots to become more sexually suggestive, adding these second "takes" to his personal body of work.
Newton's work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and is in the permanent collections of institutions around the world. His awards include the German Große Bundesverdienstkreuz, the French Grand Prix national de la photographie, and the World Image Award.
–Regarding Place: Photographs From The University Art Collections
Rue Aubriot
Street in Paris where Helmut Newton and his wife, Alice Springs, maintained an apartment.–Look This Way: Portraits from the University Art Collections
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