I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas.
I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right … - Helmut Newton
I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right …
- Helmut Newton
There are two dirty words in photography, one is art, the other is good taste - Helmut Newton
There are two dirty words in photography, one is art, the other is good taste
I hate good taste. It's the worst thing that can happen to a creative person. - Helmut Newton
I hate good taste. It's the worst thing that can happen to a creative person.
I am very attracted by bad taste-it is a lot more exciting than that supposed good taste which is nothing more than a standardized way of looking at … - Helmut Newton
I am very attracted by bad taste-it is a lot more exciting than that supposed good taste which is nothing more than a standardized way of looking at …
They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposur… - Helmut Newton
They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposur…
Some people's photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing it already. - Helmut Newton
Some people's photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing it already.
Photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture. - Helmut Newton
Photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.
It began when I was so ill that there was a good chance of dying. I promised myself that if I survived I would never again pander to a magazine's req… - Helmut Newton
It began when I was so ill that there was a good chance of dying. I promised myself that if I survived I would never again pander to a magazine's req…
It's quite true that what I am aiming at, even when I take portraits, is to get a scandalous picture. I would love to be a paparazzo. - Helmut Newton
It's quite true that what I am aiming at, even when I take portraits, is to get a scandalous picture. I would love to be a paparazzo.
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