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Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

It was actually extraordinary that Helmut was accepted by the industry

It was actually extraordinary that Helmut was accepted by the industry

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- It was actually extraordinary
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that Helmut was accepted by the industry.
Duration
6 seconds
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14
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:18
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
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The trailblazing late photographer Helmut Newton had a defining impact on the worlds of fashion and art.
Because he was much more dangerous, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:08
Because he was much more dangerous,
And I think he was accepted, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:05
And I think he was accepted,
It was the 60s, the sexual revolution, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:27
It was the 60s, the sexual revolution,
It had been very long taboo for many years - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:11
It had been very long taboo for many years
The naked body is a temptation, or a it's fear, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:08
The naked body is a temptation, or a it's fear,
And each photographer photographs one aspect of it. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:05
And each photographer photographs one aspect of it.
- I don't think anyone else could have made me do that. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:06
- I don't think anyone else could have made me do that.
Helmut made me show my tits in that way, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:11
Helmut made me show my tits in that way,
I was rather prudish, I think I still am. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:04
I was rather prudish, I think I still am.
You know, I was brought up by nuns in a catholic convent. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:06
You know, I was brought up by nuns in a catholic convent.
It took me years to decompress and get over that, really. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:06
It took me years to decompress and get over that, really.
And Helmut was one of the first people I met - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:09
And Helmut was one of the first people I met
It was the very first session I did with him. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:05
It was the very first session I did with him.
I was living in a basement in Chelsea - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:15
I was living in a basement in Chelsea
And I borrowed Ben's leather jacket to do this. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:05
And I borrowed Ben's leather jacket to do this.
I, I took it with me, and he loved it. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:05
I, I took it with me, and he loved it.
And that's all he wanted, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:05
And that's all he wanted,
That second picture really is my soul. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:04
That second picture really is my soul.
Definitely, my external, you know, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:09
Definitely, my external, you know,
- I was very shy and I just turned 17 - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:07
- I was very shy and I just turned 17