Oh, no
This is a tragedy for anyone who appreciates truly beautiful photographs of naked women; Helmut Newton has died in a car crash. 99% of nude photography, IMO, tends to sell itself or not of the sex appeal of the model, no matter what the photographers tell you. Not that there’s anything wrong with that–I’d be a hypocrite if I said otherwise. But Newton’s work had a way of staying with you that was entirely seperate from whether or not the women were sexy (though very often they were). They told little stories, they captured moments. Notice that “captured” and “moments” in the last sentence are each seperate links to seperate but linked photographs.
In a weird way maybe the best compliment I can give him is this: He’s the only photographer who, if I had a wife or daughter he wanted to take nude pictures of, I think I would tell them to do it without hesitation. There’d be no question of his making them beautiful, and what’s more they would genuinely be artistic, too. And sexy…goes without saying.
