A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY
322 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA  70117
Telephone 504-568-1313
Fax 504-568-1322
www.agallery.com

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A Gallery For Fine Photography, 322 Royal Street, 
presents 

Fashion and Fantasy, 
the original photographs of 
Helmut Newton
December 21, 1996 through February 28, 1997
Reception for the Artist: 
Saturday, December 21, 7-9pm

Born in Berlin in 1920, acclaimed photographer Helmut Newton got his start in 1936 as an apprentice to Yva, a photographer of fashion, portraits, and nudes.  
In 1938, he left Germany to live in Singapore and Australia before moving to Paris in 1961.  Newton began to gain notoriety for his work in French Vogue: 

"Right through the sixties I did my utmost to push the sexiest fashion
photos on [French Vogue].  I was fresh from the Australian bush, totally
instinctively cutting against the terrible blandness of the time."  
- Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton's photographs capture the imagination through his combination of elegance, eroticism, decadence, humor, and voyeurism.  Newton has been described as a "genius of fantasy whereby the spectator is left with the desire to pursue the narrative, to complete the scenario."  In the 1980's he became increasingly more involved with portraiture, much of it commissioned as editorial work for magazines.  Newton makes himself an essential part of the expressive equation, doling out seduction and discipline in equal shares.  But he has a crucial advantage:  he induces his subjects to imagine themselves as fantasies seen through his eyes.

Helmut Newton continues to reinvent himself, piquing our curiosity through his tempting and often shocking work.  This special retrospective exhibition features 45 original photographs, including portraits of Jodie Foster, 
Andy Warhol, Debra Winger, fashion work for French Vogue and Vanity Fair, polaroids, life-size exhibition photographs, panoramas, and his usual array of fantasy images of glamorous models.

For more information please call 504-568-1313

Season's Greetings!