Helmut Newton
Violetta Sanchez, Paris 1979

, 1979

Silver gelatin print

Print: 36.2 x 24.2 cm (14.2 x 9.5 in)

Paper: 40.1 x 30.5 cm (15.7 x 12 in)

Edition of 75

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About Helmut Newton

The German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton radically changed the perception of fine art photography by producing provocative and highly stylized interpretations of fashion and erotica, capturing a distinctly glamorous way of life. Born in 1920, Helmut’s early life was a hectic one, having fled the Nazis in 1938 and subsequently working as a portrait photographer in Singapore for two years. His parents, German Jews, owned a button… Read more

About the artwork

When Helmut Newton first caught sight of Violetta Sanchez she was on stage in Paris wearing a tuxedo. Utterly enraptured Newton made her his muse and her sensual and provocative figure is a constant presence throughout his work.