Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

Helmut Newton's life began in a wealthy Jewish family in Berlin during the Weimar Republic's decadent era. He apprenticed under photographer Yva, but his family faced persecution under the Nazi regime. He escaped in 1938 and met his partner June in Australia. They settled in Paris, where Helmut's photography evolved beyond fashion, influenced by 60s French radicalism. His work, marked by bold, erotic images of women, reflected his past and the German trauma.