on Helmut Newton.
‘Although his oeuvre is rife with luridly splayed legs and buoyant naked breasts, his subjects are not merely objectified fodder for the male gaze, but women in control of their own sensuality. His camera refracts the complexity of a post-sexual revolution identity, toying with ideas of power and perversion, dominance, gender roles and androgyny. Towing the line between vulgar schmaltz and luscious carnality, Newton’s appeal is timeless’.
Jaqueline Marcus for Hamiltons Gallery, London.
