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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