![]() ![]() By this time he’d become an Australian citizen and abandoned his birth name, Neustaedter, for something the Anglos wouldn’t find quite so intimidating. ![]() Just 26, he’d been stateless since 18, a working photographer since 16 or 17, and steeped in the garment trade since birth. Newton’s Australian career starts, perhaps, in 1947, when he set up a photographic studio at 353 Flinders Lane – then the heart of Melbourne’s fashion industry. ![]() Photograph: Helmut Newton FoundationĪ new exhibition of Newton’s life work at the Australian Jewish Museum in Melbourne (open until 29 January 2023) attempts to illuminate the mystery of his early life and work, including many recently rediscovered pieces unseen for decades. ![]()
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