18/12/2020 - Gero von Boehm signs his name to a fascinating documentary about a controversial figure in the history of fashion photography, typical of the paradoxes of creativity
A voyeur? An aesthete? A pervert? An anarchist? A sexist? A subversive? A misogynist? "Known for his photos of statuesque, provocative, domineering women" and an international fashion magazine star for almost three decades,
Helmut Newton, who was born in Berlin in 1920 and who died in Los Angeles in 2004, availed himself of an array of fantasy-based imagery in his work, rooted in nudity and rather trashy situations which make for uncomfortable viewing in today’s #MeToo era, but which were also a source of controversy back at the height of his fame. For example, on the set of the French TV programme