20 Questions: Helmut Newton

December, 1992

Helmut Newton has been called the king of kink and described as the "dubious master of stylishly sleazy international erotica." Over the past 50 years, he has made a career of capturing disturbing and arresting images—a jodhpured model wearing a saddle, an undie-clad model dunking another model's head into a while porcelain toilet bowl. In fact, his meticulous compositions have been elevated to trademark status. Acknowledged for introducing rough sex into fashion photography, Newton gr...

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