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Helmut Newton & Alice Springs. Us and Them Matthias Harder

Helmut Newton & Alice Springs. Us and Them By Matthias Harder

Helmut Newton & Alice Springs. Us and Them by Matthias Harder


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Us and Them is an ode to partnership and art: Helmut Newton and Alice Springs (aka June Newton) published their intimate, personal self-portraits and portraits of each other first in 1998. Adding friends and celebrities, shot through both of their lenses, the two photographers reveal how their life and work were inexplicably linked in every way.

Helmut Newton & Alice Springs. Us and Them Summary

Helmut Newton & Alice Springs. Us and Them by Matthias Harder

This is a photographic love story tracing the fifty-five years of collaboration, partnership and history of Helmut and June Newton. First published in 1998, their legendary joint project Us and Them was presented in book form and accompanying exhibitions. The book's first part - Us - features personal portraits of each other and self-portraits taken over several decades, revealing affection and intimacy behind each image and bringing forth nostalgia of the time. It is a photographic diary that records the life Helmut and June Newton shared away from the public eye. The second part of the book - Them - is a sumptuous journey through time, where the lens of the master brings forth images of stunning portraits of an array of jet set, celebrities, important cultural figures, and some of the most famous faces of the time. From Catherine Deneuve, Anjelica Huston, David Hockney, and Timothy Leary to Peter Beard, Yves Saint Laurent, Thierry Mugler, Jane Birkin, and Charlotte Rampling, among others. The portraits taken by Helmut and June Newton in various sittings are presented side by side in pairs, thus revealing two facets of the same personality. This volume unmistakably highlights that the life and work of Helmut and June Newton were inexplicably linked in every way. One was never possible without the other.

Helmut Newton & Alice Springs. Us and Them Reviews

...an intimate glimpse of their life together in an elite, alluring world of late-20th-century fashion. * nymag.com *
A powerful ode to the relationship that shaped two of the 20th century's most important creative talents. * anothermag.com *
Us and Them is an ode to partnership, with the collection alternating between the pair's own tender internal world and the high-voltage glamour of their social and professional milieu. This is a collection that disrupts the brand of Helmut Newton, with playful self-portraits, untidy apartments and vulnerable, hungover mornings. * British Journal of Photography *

About Matthias Harder

Matthias Harder studied Art History, Classical Archaeology and Philosophy in Kiel and Berlin. He is a member of the German Society of Photography and an advisory council member of the European Month of Photography. Head curator of the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin from 2004, and also its director from 2019, he has written numerous articles for art magazines, books and exhibition catalogues. Helmut Newton (1920-2004) was one of the most influential photographers of all time. He first achieved international fame in the 1970s while working principally for French Vogue, where he was celebrated for his controversial scenarios and the ability to make a thoroughly planned photograph seem fresh and dynamic. His many titles and awards include Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. June Newton (1923-2021) has worked as a photographer under the pseudonym Alice Springs since 1970. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications, including Vanity Fair, Interview, Elle, and Vogue. Her many famous subjects include William S. Burroughs, Catherine Deneuve, Graham Greene, Vivienne Westwood, Ralph Gibson, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Yves Saint Laurent, and Nicole Kidman.

Additional information

NGR9783836596916
9783836596916
3836596911
Helmut Newton & Alice Springs. Us and Them by Matthias Harder
New
Hardback
Taschen GmbH
2023-08-11
192
N/A
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