Playboy: Helmut Newton

by Hefner, Hugh M.; Blasutta, Mary Lynn; Cole, Gary; Newton, Helmut; Abish, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780811850650
• ISBN10: 081185065X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-18
• Publisher: Chronicle Books

Summary

Playboy presents a brash retrospective of Helmut Newton, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. This definitive book on Newton nudes chronicles 30 years of Playboy's fertile partnership with the incomparable Newton and features over 160 photographs handpicked by Hugh Hefner, the most famous purveyor of nude photography.Renowned for his carefully composed, cinematic shots of powerful women playing out erotic fantasies, Newton's signature style provides a potent counterpoint to the more straightforward Playboy nudes familiar to readers of the world's bestselling men's magazine. Given the scope and range of Newton's work, this book will appeal to artists, photographers, fashionistas and erotica fans, not to mention the millions who read Playboy every month.With a foreword written by Hefner himself and an introduction by celebrated writer Walter Abish, Playboy: Helmut Newton beats all the other Helmut Newton books on the market. A gold foil case-wrap and gold foil jacket make this a stunning package, with the same bold design and beautiful production values found in Playboy: 50 Years: The Photographs and Playboy: 50 Years: The Cartoons.

Author Biography

Helmut Newton was born in Berlin in 1920. His family fled to Australia in 1938, where Newton served in the army and began work as a photographer. He died in Los Angeles on January 23, 2004.

Gary Cole has been photography director of Playboy since 1975.

Hugh M. Hefner is editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.

Walter Abish is the winner of an Award of Merit Medal from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. His most recent book is Double Vision: A Self-Portrait .