Mower Sarah
Mower Sarah - Helmut Newton - Hardcover
Mower Sarah - Helmut Newton - Hardcover
Books
Regular price
$17.14 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$17.14 USD
Unit price
per
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Couldn't load pickup availability
Binding: Hardcover
Description: Helmut Newton's unforgettable images at once sophisticated and provocative constitute a rich and ever - relevant artistic legacy. This book presents a compact but wide - ranging and impactful portfolio of his work supported by an insightful introduction and a detailed biographical chronology. Newton's images straddle the knife - edge of ambiguity teasing out allusions and social observations that both entice and challenge their viewers. In this portfolio Newton's unique perspective is effectively showcased reflecting the complex undercurrents that give his images their distinct character across the breadth of his editorial work in the fields of fashion and portraiture. This book reveals Newton's evolution into a contrarian a savvy and mischievous cynic at once voyeur and satirist whose lens framed contentious yet pivotal aspects of high fashion and high society in the latter decades of the twentieth century. He worked as a gun for hire while imposing his own perspectives and obsessions defining most notably his idea of a powerful self - assured woman. This figure became his most insistent theme developed in erotically charged scenarios most typically set in the seductive environment of opulent apartments or grand hotels most notably in Paris Monte Carlo and Los Angeles. From the mid - sixties Newton's dynamic images established his reputation in the world of fashion through work published in leading magazines among them Vogue Paris Elle Marie Claire Nova Queen and British Vogue. From the mid - seventies his notoriety was extended through his first books and exhibitions. His images immortalize such luminaries of society film and fashion as Princess Caroline of Monaco Charlotte Rampling Paloma Picasso and Karl Lagerfeld. Helmut Newton's glamorous ground - breaking and boundary - pushing photographs have an indisputable signature authority that maintains their hold on our imaginations.
Title: Helmut Newton
Author(s): Mower Sarah
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836594004
Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/27/2024
Category: Individual Photographers
Description: Helmut Newton's unforgettable images at once sophisticated and provocative constitute a rich and ever - relevant artistic legacy. This book presents a compact but wide - ranging and impactful portfolio of his work supported by an insightful introduction and a detailed biographical chronology. Newton's images straddle the knife - edge of ambiguity teasing out allusions and social observations that both entice and challenge their viewers. In this portfolio Newton's unique perspective is effectively showcased reflecting the complex undercurrents that give his images their distinct character across the breadth of his editorial work in the fields of fashion and portraiture. This book reveals Newton's evolution into a contrarian a savvy and mischievous cynic at once voyeur and satirist whose lens framed contentious yet pivotal aspects of high fashion and high society in the latter decades of the twentieth century. He worked as a gun for hire while imposing his own perspectives and obsessions defining most notably his idea of a powerful self - assured woman. This figure became his most insistent theme developed in erotically charged scenarios most typically set in the seductive environment of opulent apartments or grand hotels most notably in Paris Monte Carlo and Los Angeles. From the mid - sixties Newton's dynamic images established his reputation in the world of fashion through work published in leading magazines among them Vogue Paris Elle Marie Claire Nova Queen and British Vogue. From the mid - seventies his notoriety was extended through his first books and exhibitions. His images immortalize such luminaries of society film and fashion as Princess Caroline of Monaco Charlotte Rampling Paloma Picasso and Karl Lagerfeld. Helmut Newton's glamorous ground - breaking and boundary - pushing photographs have an indisputable signature authority that maintains their hold on our imaginations.
Title: Helmut Newton
Author(s): Mower Sarah
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836594004
Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/27/2024
Category: Individual Photographers
