June Newton, a singular force in a great double act
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By Mark McGinness
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JUNE NEWTON: 1923-2021
For six decades June Newton was an equal partner, champion and muse of the photographer, Helmut Newton. She had been a promising actress when they met in Melbourne in 1947 and her career blossomed until Helmut’s took off; she abandoned the stage and joined him in Paris in 1961.
Helmut would become as famous as his subjects. In 1970, June’s own career as a photographer began, almost by chance and under a new name – sharply distinct from but more softly focused than her husband’s. They lived an impossibly glamorous life and proved a great double act.
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