![]() Black boards with White titling to the Spine. Helmut Newton: White Women Sleepless Nights Big Nudes encompasses the entire contents of his first three groundbreaking books. Helmut Newton, whose unique style has revolutionized fashion photography in recent years, was born in Berlin in 1920, is an Australian citizen and has lived in Paris for the last 20 years.”įoreword or introduction by Edward Behr. Newton’s evocation of his ‘secret garden’ is a reminder that we all think unthinkable thoughts most of the time. Though unusually daring, there is nothing crude or vulgar about these pictures. In one sequence he dresses his models in plaster casts and artificial limbs to underline that they can remain beautiful whatever their garb. His passionate love for women is carried here to its ultimate conclusion. At you can find used, antique and new books, compare results and immediately purchase your selection at the best price. ![]() Something terrible or wildly improbable is just about to happen… The toys he uses are proportionate to his love of luxury: the Eiffel Tower is his Meccano set, and whole cities become the backdrop for his spectacular nudes. Why? - An ominous sense that things are not what they seem. Looking through these pictures, what does one see?… Our own secret thoughts… There is a secret garden lurking in every one of us… And what makes Newton’s world - which is also our world so compelling is that I defy anyone, once having opened this book, to close it before turning the pages to the very end. Its subjects are from the rarefied world of fashion. A first printing of Helmut Newtons classic photography book Sleepless Nights. Includes: Black & white photographs (within the text) Colour photographs (within the text with some full page) įrom the cover: “Helmut Newton, one of the world’s greatest fashion photographers, reveals his innermost dreams and fantasies and lays bare the real world of ‘haute couture’ in this, his latest book of pictures shot in Paris, New York and Los Angeles - his favourite cities. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. Minor age-toning to the lining papers and onto the first and last few leaves. ![]() Dust wrapper lighty age-spotted on the verso. Sleepless Nights - Helmut NewtonLondon: Quartet Books, 1978, Hardback in Dust Wrapper.Ĭondition: Very Good - in Very Good Dust Wrapper.
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