Felix, ed., The Best of Helmut Newton, New York: Thunder’s Mouth, 1996, pl. Helmut Newton: Aus dem Photographischen Werk, Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1993, pl. Portraits: Helmut Newton, London: National Portrait Gallery, 1988, p. 56Ĭharlotte Rampling: With Compliments, Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1987, p. Helmut Newton Portraits, New York: Pantheon, 1987, p. Helmut Newton: Mode et Portraits, Paris: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1984, pl.

Newton, White Women, New York: Stonehill, 1976, p. ‘Exclusif: Charlotte nue pour Newton’, Photo, June 1974, p. Portraits: Helmut Newton, National Portrait Gallery, London, 18 November 1988 - 12 February 1989, another Helmut Newton Mode et Portraits, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 15 November 1984 - 7 January 1985, another Trailer for Gero von Boehm’s 2020 film Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful.Ĭhristie's, London, Masterpieces of Design & Photography, 3 October 2017, lot 25Įxposition des plus grands photographes du monde entier, Nikon Gallery, Paris, 1975, another Rampling, naked except for a pair of heels, exudes confidence and power as she stares back at her voyeur. Presented in timeless monochrome against the lavish interior of the Hotel Nord-Pinus, the implied narrative is achieved through his acute awareness of context.

Newton often chose old-world glamour locations, including elegant hotels and chateaux, which add to the sensuality of his images, as seen in this work. These images helped define her career – a variant from the Nord-Pinus shoot graced the December 1974 issue of Vogue US, pronouncing her ‘The Sexiest Woman in the World’. Rampling came to feature prominently in Newton’s œuvre as an icon of sophistication and empowered sexuality. ‘Could I take an hour of your life?’ So I threw all my whats to the wind.

Then Helmut said, ‘Can we now do a nude – our nude?’ Could I come to this fantastic room, where the matadors dressed. ‘Playboy’ was just a nice picture of me, naked from the back and sitting on a chair. I'd said, ‘I don't want to do nudes,’ but the producers said, ‘We're sending this very good photographer you can have control of the pictures.’ So we did it. She recalls her first meeting with Newton and the beginning of their creative collaboration:

In 1973, English model and actress Rampling was asked to pose nude for Playboy. This powerful portrait epitomises Newton’s distinctive interweaving of portraiture, social documentary and the erotic, always with a provocative tone that ensures his lasting hold on our imaginations. 'My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.' -Helmut Newton One of Helmut Newton’s (1920-2004) most iconic images, Charlotte Rampling at the Hotel Nord-Pinus, taken in the evening of 19 October 1973 in the famous Arles hotel’s grandest room, was shown in his first solo exhibition in 1975 at Nikon Gallery in Paris and has been widely published, including his first anthology White Women (1976).

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