Helmut Newton

Some people`s photography is an art. Mine is not. If they happen to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, that`s…

— Helmut Newton

Some people's photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing…

— Helmut Newton

Genius and taste don't go together.

— Helmut Newton

There are two dirty words in photography, one is art, the other is good taste

— Helmut Newton

I have mixed feelings about those sorts of things. When I see it done by interesting young people, I think it's very…

— Helmut Newton

It's that I don't like white paper backgrounds. A woman does not live in front of white paper. She lives on the…

— Helmut Newton

There must be a certain look of availability in the women I photograph. I think the woman who gives the appearance of…

— Helmut Newton

Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.

— Helmut Newton

Well, it takes a certain amount of money. And I've got to see pictures of the person ahead of time. If I…

— Helmut Newton

I find myself, after all these years, with a built-in safety-brake that stops me from doing certain things. And one of the…

— Helmut Newton

You should feel that, under the right conditions, all women would be available.

— Helmut Newton

I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was…

— Helmut Newton

What I find interesting is working in a society with certain taboos and fashion photography is about that kind of society. To…

— Helmut Newton

In my vocabulary there are two bad words: art and good taste.

— Helmut Newton

The whole series is black-and-white, so when I went to shoot one of the women I only had black-and-white film with me.…

— Helmut Newton

The photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them.

— Helmut Newton

My women are always victorious.

— Helmut Newton

I hate good taste. It's the worst thing that can happen to a creative person.

— Helmut Newton

I was lucky to have my wife as the art director, and it turned out to be quite something - a great…

— Helmut Newton

In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard…

— Helmut Newton

I like photographing women who appear to know something of life. I recently did a session with a great beauty, a movie…

— Helmut Newton

Technically, I have not changed very much. Ask my assistants. They'll tell you, I am the easiest photographer to work with. I…

— Helmut Newton

I have always avoided photographing in the studio. A woman does not spend her life sitting or standing in front of a…

— Helmut Newton

The desire to discover, the desire to move, to capture the flavor, three concepts that describe the art of photography.

— Helmut Newton

It's quite true that what I am aiming at, even when I take portraits, is to get a scandalous picture. I would…

— Helmut Newton