Berlin : Fondation Helmut Newton
Helmut
Newton Foundation information, November 2008
Fashion
Photography of the 1960s and 1970s
30th November 2008 - 17th May 2009About
After the
great success of the exhibition "A gun for hire" at the Helmut Newton
Foundation in 2005 with Newton's fashion photos from the last 20 years the
current show "Helmut Newton: Fired" focuses on his editorial work for
fashion magazines of the 1960s and 1970s like Elle, Queen, Nova or Marie
Claire.
"Fired
from French Vogue: In 1964 I was commissioned by Queen magazine to photograph
the revolutionary collection by Courrèges. The fashion editor, Claire
Rendlesham, decided on a journalistic scoop showing only my Courrèges photos
and excluding all other fashion houses from her Paris report. When Queen landed on the desk
of Françoise de Langlade (then associate editor-in-chief of French Vogue) she
hit the roof. I was called into her office, we had a tremendous row, she
accused me of treachery and disloyalty and wanted to know why I had not told
her about this scoop. I pointed out to her that I had no exclusive contract
with Vogue, and it was of course understood that I would never divulge any
ideas developed by French Vogue to Queen or vice versa. So I was kicked out of
the hallowed halls of Vogue only to return in 1969 when Francine Crescent was appointed
editor-in-chief. During Francine's regime, I did what I considered my best
fashion work. I was to be a regular contributor until 1983." — Helmut
Newton, from: Pages from the Glossies, Zurich:
Scalo, 1998
"The
news of Helmut's banishment from French Vogue soon reached Claude Brouet, the
editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, who offered him work on the magazine. Helmut
continued working for English and German magazines. He was able to adapt his
style to the policy of the many magazines he worked for." — June Newton,
Monte Carlo 2008
Public
opening: 30th november 2008,10
a.m. - 6 p.m. (open day)
A catalogue
will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.
Helmut
Newton Foundation
Jebensstrasse 2 / 10623 Berlin
http://www.helmutnewton.com
opening
hours
tuesday -
sunday 10 a.m
- 6 p.m.
thursday 10 a.m. - 10 p.m
thursday
from 6 p.m.- 10 p.m. free of charge