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Was die Skizze für den Maler, war in analogen Zeiten das Polaroid für den Photographen: die erste Formulierung einer Bildidee, sozusagen das Rohmaterial der Imagination. Als Helmut Newton (1920-2004) mit Pola Woman 1992 eine Auswahl seiner Polaroids der Öffentlichkeit präsentierte, sprach die Szene zu Recht von einem Geniestreich. Zum ersten Mal ließ sich der Meister der erotischen Photographie in die Karten und über die Schulter schauen - was heute noch genauso aufregend ist wie anno 1992.

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Newton´s collection of portraits from the worlds of film, fashion, politics and culture can be considered a pantheon of VIP´s. But his work is a lot more besides. From his portraits, one can see that he would have most liked to be a Roman paparazzo - as he once admitted. Anyone who had a portrait made by him knew what the result would be, and by the 1980´s there were absolutely no ´beautiful people´ in this world who did not want to be photographed by him! In front of his camera, both men and women peeled off their covers - literally as well as figuratively. His brilliant staged creations celebrate the attractiveness and prominence of his models as well as their vanity and imperfections. Newton´s top-quality work for major fashion journals and elitist art magazines is likewise first-class erotic art. This collection was first published by us in 1985.

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