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Established in 2003 by Helmut and June Newton, dedicated to keep their legacy alive.
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The Helmut Newton Foundation was established by Helmut Newton himself at the end of 2003. It is a foundation registered according to Swiss law in Zurich, Switzerland. The Helmut Newton Foundation is an international foundation dedicated to the promotion, preservation and presentation of the photographic works of Helmut and June Newton, who under the name of Alice Springs has also produced a signif

icant body of portraiture photography since 1970. At its inception, Helmut Newton endowed the Foundation with numerous original photographs that comprise a significant proportion of his artistic work. In October 2003, the Helmut Newton Foundation entered into a formal agreement with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz) that allows the Helmut Newton Foundation unlimited use of the ground and first floors of the former military casino in Berlin-Charlottenburg (Landwehrkasino) for exhibition purposes. According to the wishes of Helmut Newton, the Foundation should not be a “dead museum,” but rather a “living institution.” Various aspects of Newton’s multifaceted, innovative and provocative works will be presented over a series of exhibitions. The works of other artists and photographers will also be presented in dialogue with Newton’s work.

06/09/2026

Summer is coming to an end – are you ready for the darker, more mysterious season of the year? Perhaps we can offer you some fashion inspiration to get you in the mood! This image is from Helmut Newton’s final photo series, which he shot in Monaco for Italian Vogue just a few weeks before his death in Los Angeles.

Helmut Newton, Italian Vogue, Monaco 2003 © Helmut Newton Foundation.

Vogue Italia

05/09/2026

Today we celebrate the birthday of the late American actress Raquel Welch. To pay tribute to this 1960s and 1970s cinema icon, we are showcasing the famous portrait that Helmut Newton took of her for French Vogue in 1981. This stunning image is also part of Newton's album One-Off, which is currently on display at our foundation in Berlin.

Welch first gained attention for her role in "Fantastic Voyage" (1966), after which she starred in "One Million Years B.C." (also 1966), becoming a global s*x symbol almost overnight. However, she broke away from the traditional Hollywood "blonde bombshell" stereotype by playing strong, independent, and often witty characters. Notable performances include “The Three Musketeers” (1973), “Kansas City Bomber” (1972), “The Wild Party” (1975) and “Right to Die” (1987). She also enjoyed success in television and on Broadway, including in "Woman of the Year".

Helmut Newton, Raquel Welch, French Vogue, Los Angeles 1981 © Helmut Newton Foundation.

Vogue France

04/09/2026

Helmut and June Newton are known as one of the most important & inspiring art couples of the 20th century. Being married for over 50 years, they are shared a very close, creative bond and worked together until Helmut’s death in January 2004. June accompanied him to his photoshoots and famously started her own photography career by taking over one of Helmut’s campaign shoots, as he had fallen sick. In the early 90s she also started filming on his sets. This resulted in the legendary work "Helmut by June" (1995), a film that follows Helmut along on some of his iconic shoots.

Over the next few weeks, we will share some of the most memorable moments of the film here on Instagram.

Alice Springs, Helmut by June, 1995 © Helmut Newton Foundation.

03/09/2026

In the group show "Rooms / Stages," 12 photographers are presented with one body of work each. They consciously incorporate the space into their photography and the works range from manipulated/altered empty spaces to pictorial rooms and theatrical settings. Throughout the exhibition period we will highlight each artist with a dedicated Spotlight post. Next up is Frederike von Rauch!

The Berlin-based artist has developed a completely autonomous photographic language with which she precisely renders surfaces, material textures, and other image details in her interiors. .vonrauch uses only available light for her photography; overlapping shadows sometimes produce ethereal, almost magical plays of light. Von Rauch also transforms empty spaces she captures in museums, churches, palaces, concert halls, or crematoria into theatrical settings. The sacred in her photography is often secularized; other non-religious cultural sites are similarly transformed into spiritual places. The image titles are short and remain cryptic, much like her photographs themselves, which seem to exist outside time and place. Nevertheless, we can identify locations such as Dresden, Brussels, Antwerp, Reykjavik, Venice, or Berlin. Her work seems committed to finding the abstract in a concrete place and to bringing into focus what is mostly overlooked. With von Rauch as "our guide," we venture into spaces we have never entered, or never seen in this way. It is as if she pulls aside a curtain for us.

Friederike von Rauch, Accademia 1, 2012 © Friederike von Rauch, Courtesy Gallery FIFTY ONE and the Artist.

Installation view of the exhibition "Rooms / Stages," at the Newton Foundation, Berlin 2026. Photo: Gerhard Kassner

Gallery FIFTY ONE

01/09/2026

Happy Birthday to the fantastic Padma Lakshmi!

The television host, model and author is celebrating her 56th birthday today, and so are we . The image on the contact sheet that we are sharing today is dating back from a 2000 photoshoot by Alice Springs. The final image was part of an Alice Springs retrospective at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris in 2015. For Lakshmi’s birthday this year, we revisited the contact sheets from the shoot and found several images that Springs had highlighted as potential portraits and favourites. We chose this one because it captures Lakshmi’s charm so well. Helmut Newton also photographed Lakshmi multiple times, often highlighting the large scar on her right arm to show her natural beauty.

Discovered at the age of 21 while studying in Madrid, Lakshmi became one of the first Indian models to achieve international success. She has worked with designers such as Versace, Emanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren, and Roberto Cavalli. Alongside appearing on many big magazine covers, she ventured into film, and television, hosting cooking shows such as "Top Chef" for 19 seasons! Inspired by the cooking of her mother and grandmother and the flavors of her childhood, Lakshmi released her first cookbook, "Easy Exotic," which won the “Best First Book” award in 1999. She currently shares recipes and fantastic cooking videos on Instagram, sometimes with her daughter, giving us a personal insight into her life. We wish you all the best Padma Lakshmi!

Alice Springs, Padma Lakshmi, New York 2000 © Helmut Newton Foundation.

31/08/2026

Today we are celebrating what would have been Donyale Luna’s 81st birthday.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, as Peggy Ann Freeman, the American model, actress and artist moved to New York in the early 1960s, after photographer David McCabe had discovered her. Luna broke major racial barriers in the fashion industry: in 1965, she was the first Black model to appear on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar, and in 1966 on the cover of British Vogue. She had an intense, creative collaboration with Richard Avedon but moved on to Europe after their collaboration ended. There, she worked with renowned photographers such as Helmut Newton, David Bailey and William Klein and reached new highs in her career. She was named “Model of the Year” by Vogue and earned the title “hottest model in Europe” from Time magazine. Before moving to Europe, she collaborated with Andy Warhol and appeared in several of his experimental films. Once in Europe, she continued to star in European arthouse and avant-garde films.

Her artistry was centered around the persona she created: Donyale Luna. Inspired by Surrealism and Josephine Baker, she used the persona of Donyale to articulate a new concept of Black beauty and identity within predominantly white fashion and cultural spaces. In her advertising and editorial work, she used exaggerated poses and angular body language in order to challenge the conventional representations of Black femininity. Yesterday, we shared one of our “From the Archives” posts, starring Luna in Queen magazine. Today, we honor her birthday by sharing this newly discovered portrait of her and Helmut Newton, taken by June Newton a.k.a. Alice Springs in Paris in the 1960s.

Alice Springs, Helmut Newton with Donyale Luna, Rue Aubriot, Paris 1960s © Helmut Newton Foundation.

30/08/2026

This month’s From the Archives takes you to the year 1967, when Helmut Newton shot this editoral for Queen Magazine. As if located inside an invisible space shuttle, the way that Newton staged the innovative and futuristic couture by Courrèges was considered beyond revolutionary at that time. While the photographs themselves are taken in b/w, we feel the vibrant colors and just wish that we could grab one of these outfits to hit the beach again.

Which one is your favorite? Leave your choice in the comments - thank you!

Helmut Newton for Queen Magazine, August 1967 © Helmut Newton Foundation

29/08/2026

Let’s wrap up the month of August with this fashionable highlight! Because who wouldn’t like to be at the beach, fully dressed in Yves Saint Laurent glam? This image was shot for in 1978 with the beautiful Saint-Tropez beach as a backdrop.

Helmut Newton, Yves Saint Laurent, Stern, Saint-Tropez 1978 © Helmut Newton Foundation.

28/08/2026

In the group show "Rooms / Stages," 12 photographers are presented with one body of work each. They consciously incorporate the space into their photography and the works range from manipulated/altered empty spaces to pictorial rooms and theatrical settings. Throughout the exhibition period we will highlight each artist with a dedicated Spotlight post. This one is about Robert Polidori!

In the work of Robert Polidori you can find the interplay of precariousness and luxury in interior photography that he also realised in Havanna or Tschernobyl. For the exhibition "Rooms / Stages," four of his large-format interior views of Versailles were selected. The former palace’s stately splendor has been frozen in time, musealized – and preserved just as timelessly in Polidori’s images. This photograph from 2008 shows a partial view of the empty blue bed of Napoleon’s wife, Marie-Louise Bonaparte, at the Palace of Versailles. It reminds us of similar photographs, taken by Helmut Newton inside other French châteaux or at the Villa d’Este in Como, taken in the mid-1970s – though in Newton’s photographs, we can usually find a model, staged in the typical Newton style.

Robert Polidori, Chambre de Marie-Louise Bonaparte, Chateau de Versailles, 2008, © Robert Polidori, Courtesy Camera Work Gallery.
Installation view of the exhibition "Rooms / Stages" at the Newton Foundation, Berlin 2026. Photo: .

27/08/2026

Happy birthday to the incredible Tom Ford!

Not many can say they revived one of the most iconic fashion houses to date. But Ford did exactly that! With an architecture degree from Parsons, he became Cathy Hardwick’s design assistant in 1985. In 1990, Ford moved to Milan to take over as Gucci’s chief women’s ready-to-wear designer, at a time when Gucci was struggling financially.

Ford’s role expanded quickly, and by 1992 he was head of Gucci’s ready-to-wear, fragrances, image, advertising, and store design. In 1994, he was promoted to Creative Director of Gucci, increasing sales by 90%. He was also named Creative Director of Yves Saint Laurent, after Gucci acquired the fashion house in 2000. He left Gucci in 2004 due to a conflict with the corporation’s management. Even though it was a devastating decision, Ford continued his genius fashion work with his own successful brand, Tom Ford, from 2005 onwards. Since 2009, Ford has been working as an awarded filmmaker. His directorial debut "A Single Man" (2009) was followed by "Nocturnal Animals" (2016) and his next film "Cry to Heaven" is set to be released in 2027. His creativity is unstoppable!

The images we are sharing today are both unseen. The magazine pages are all about the fashion brands’ logos. The full series includes many fashion houses such as Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Michael Kors, and Dior. But today’s focus is on Tom Ford. The second image is a contact print of a 35mm-negative from our archive, depicting him in a photograph taken by Helmut Newton for American Vogue in 1998. Some of you might recall the published portrait of Ford with his dog, from the same shoot.

We wish you all the best !

Helmut Newton, Vogue US, March 2000 © Helmut Newton Foundation.
Helmut Newton, Tom Ford, American Vogue, Paris 1998 © Helmut Newton Foundation.

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