Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton started making photographs in the 1940s and kept shooting until his death in 2004. He shot fashion photography in a sexually liberated Paris. What I find most interesting about his work is the documentation of a culture experiencing an identity revolution. Gender and sexual expectations for women are often challenged in his work. His photographs include models that are gender fluid or androgynous. I admire the classy manner in which he portrays his subjects, even when the content of the photo is seemingly audacious.