I forgot to tell, that the question was put to him, as he was opening a Helmut Newton exibition in an art museum.
BTW. What struck me was his method of working. He always seemed to know in advance ehat he wanted to do. He picked out the model especially for each photograph or session by making a "gosee", where he chose between perhaps 20-30 models for the job. When he was doing a poster for an American chain og hardware stores - for promoting electrical tools, spades and axes etc. he spesificly chose a big breasted woman with a cartoon-like featured face. (I suppose she would appeal to a lot of DIY guys. At first he did some polaroids. When he had found the right pose, he used film and took many almost identical shots until he got it exactly right. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Jack Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 8. februar 2006 16:17 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: OT: Helmut Newton Hear, hear! Jack --- Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 7, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > I don't want to start a whole big thing about whether or not > > photography is "art". Far as I'm concerned it is and that's > "settled > > law". Helmut's "answer" is a bit oblique for me and since you don't > > disagree, care to comment further? Thanks! > > > In response to the tired "Is photography art?" question, I think it > was Man Ray who responded "Art is not photograpy!" Basically it was > > a stupid question when first asked, and betrays the stupidity of > anyone who continues to ask it today. Art is anything an artist says > > it is. > > I think Newton was making this same point in his own unique way. > > Bob > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
