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Legendary
glamour and fashion photographer Helmut Newton was killed in a car crash
in Hollywood Friday, ending an extraordinary six-decade career. Newton,
83, was leaving the Chateau Marmont, a plush hotel that is a favourite
haunt of the stars he was known for snapping, when he lost control of
his Cadillac sports utility vehicle and ploughed into a wall. |
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Newton, whose
work appeared in magazines such as Playboy, Elle and Vogue, was best
known for his stark, black-and-white nude photos of women. Newton was
a trailblazer in the fashion photography world, exploring power, gender
roles and an icy sexuality in his pictures. Among the beautiful and
powerful people Newton has photographed were Paloma Picasso, Pierre
Cardin, Naomi Campbell, Jean-Marie Le Pen and Claudia Schiffer. |
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While Newton also photographed
clothed celebrities and nature scenes, he favored photographing women,
usually while they wore little more than high heels. "He was a
giant," said Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. "He was a major
talent that pushed the boundaries in terms of photography and influenced
many, many other photographers in following generations." The German-born photographer said in his 2002 autobiography that when he was 15, he told his father he wanted to be a photographer. The Berlin factory owner told him, "My boy, you'll end up in the gutter. All you think of is girls and photos." In the prologue to his autobiography, he said his fascination with women dated back to when he was a toddler and recalled seeing his nurse "getting ready to go out, and she is half-naked" in front of a mirror. He described it as a defining moment in his life. |
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Selected Comments: |
| fascination with women, |
| ART! |
| (19 Votes- 79% Art, 21% Porn) |
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