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With his Big Nudes, in the 1980s Helmut Newton created a quite unprecedented long-term bestseller. Simultaneously, it provided a concentrated image of his aesthetic agenda. Powerful women were presented in all their naked truth????????????without fig leaves or fashion frills. This series of black-and-white photos, produced between 1979 and 1981, also marked a stylistic change in Newton's work. Elaborate layouts full of luxury and decadence gave way to an unambiguously formulated and monumental statement????????????"Here they come!" Dressed only in their indispensable high heels, Newton's amazons selfconfidently paraded on show. They rippled their muscles and marched individually as well as in formation toward the observer. Helmut Newton's classic work was published by us in 1990 for the first time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3607296 in Books
• Published on: 1995-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 88 pages

About the Author
Karl Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg in 1938. He is a fashion designer and was a long-time friend of Helmut Newton's who often made portraits of him. Since 1983, he has been Artistic Director of the Chanel haute couturiers.

Helmut Newton
Helmut Newton was born in Berlin in 1920. He died in an automobile accident in Hollywood in January, 2004. He began his career at the age of 16, working for famous Berlin photographer, Yva. As an 18-year-old, he emigrated to Australia, returning to Europe in 1957 to settle in Paris. As of the 1980s he lived in both Monte Carlo and Los Angeles. The first of his countless solo exhibitions took place in Paris in 1975. Awards for his photographic oeuvre included the German Gro??e Bundesverdienstkreuz, the French Grand Prix national de la photographie and the World Image Award.