Helmut Newton
1920 - 2004Who, What, Where?, 1980's
Signed and Inscribed on verso "Who, What, Where?"
2 Polaroids
11 x 8,5 cm each
“He loved the little Polaroid camera. It told him what he wanted to know and it allowed him to correct whatever had to be corrected before he used whatever camera...
“He loved the little Polaroid camera. It told him what he wanted to know and it allowed him to correct whatever had to be corrected before he used whatever camera he was using” recounts, June, Helmut’s companion and lifelong wife. Luckily, legendary photographer Helmut Newton saved his test Polaroids, allowing a privileged and rare chance to see the tests from a selection of his greatest shoots over a period of decades. His collection captures the magic of Newton’s photo shoots as only Polaroids can: “They have their own lives” adds June about the polaroids.
In Newton’s photography a recurring theme is women reflecting upon their own reflections. As Newton saw it, these private moments came in two kinds: they were either young women admiring their own beauty or older women scrutinizing themselves. In “Who, What, Where?” there appears a private moment that seems to straddle the line between self-admiration and self-scrutiny.
© Cigdem Mirol
In Newton’s photography a recurring theme is women reflecting upon their own reflections. As Newton saw it, these private moments came in two kinds: they were either young women admiring their own beauty or older women scrutinizing themselves. In “Who, What, Where?” there appears a private moment that seems to straddle the line between self-admiration and self-scrutiny.
© Cigdem Mirol
Provenance
The ArtistMayor Gallery, London