HELMUT NEWTON: PRIVATE PROPERTY

A useful book for the price, packed with phographic plates on one side onlywhich is great if you are looking for some fabulous pictures to frame.Additionally there is an interesting preface regarding the work of HelmutNewton. The writer here is looking for a deeper meaning to the work whichmay or may not be valid, however it is still interesting to read. It isclear that the photos were never taken by chance and the set ups prior toeach picture must have taken a whole team of stylists to organise. Theclothes are perfect, the backgrounds, the models, the make up - all comefrom the rigorous standards required by magazines such as Vogue. As aperson with an interest in photography there is a lot to learn from justlooking at these pictures which are a lesson in composing dark on light.