Autobiography

Helmut Newton's Autobiography is a large, image-filled book in which the photographer tells his own story. It begins with a childhood in Berlin, where an early fascination with pictures and glamour took hold, and follows him through the upheaval that forced him to leave Germany and find his footing abroad. Newton describes the false starts and apprenticeships that preceded his breakthrough, his first commissions in fashion and portraiture, and the move to Europe that brought him steady work for leading magazines. Hundreds of his photographs sit alongside the text, and together they show how his provocative eye developed over decades behind the camera.