![]() Newton’s Monaco office has been recreated in its entirety. Alongside landmark photos (Newton meeting the Queen, for example), there’s a section devoted to famous outfits, including his garish yellow socks. The Museum of Photography is also showing Private Property, an exhibition dedicated to Newton’s personal life. Helmut Newton, Monica Belluci, Blumarine, Nice 1993 © Helmut Newton Foundation The banality of the images is elevated by the beauty of the models, including a striking image of a young Monica Bellucci. ![]() There’s a chance to see more run-of-the-mill fashion photography with his long-term collaborations with Anna Molinari and Blumarine. Sex sells, as the saying goes, and bringing full frontal nudity to the commercial sector was clearly a winning formula for the German-Australian photographer. Sex sells, as the saying goes, and bringing full frontal nudity to the commercial sector was clearly a winning formulaįurther on it gets even more playful, and you can see the photographer’s cinematic bent in lavish shots of a seductive Jerry Hall lying on a sofa beside bottles of Opium perfume. Opposite, more nude women lug Villeroy & Boch toilets up the gravel path of a stately home. ![]() ![]() In a scene reminiscent of Mad Max, naked women work the soil and stand up tall on farm machinery. Taken out of context, these appear arresting but oddly vacuous. At times, the brand is evident but on numerous occasions there’s simply a standalone shot. ![]()
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