Helmut Newton: “One Off”

German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton (1920-2004) is one of the world’s most iconic fashion photographers. Inspired by Expressionist cinema, film noir, and surrealism, Newton was a prolific image-maker and visionary whose daring work helped shape modern photography and visual art.

In 1999, along with friend and collector Gert Elfering, Newton compiled a ‘One-off’ photographic album of his boundary-pushing work. Helmut Newton: One-off reproduces this album in full, faithful the album’s original size, as an exquisite reproduction, allowing readers to experience this remarkable object and to marvel at Newton’s artistic process and ingenuity.

The stunning album comprises more than 100 photographs – 8 unique Polaroids, 16 chromogenic prints, and 79 gelatin silver prints – each accompanied by Newton’s handwritten pencil annotation. Along with the album itself, the book includes a foreword by Philippe Garner, photography specialist and Vice President of the Helmut Newton Foundation, as well as an insightful interview between Matthias Harder, Director of the Helmut Newton Foundation,  and Gert Elfering, together offering an immersive glimpse into Newton’s creative process.