June Newton - Alice Springs Photographs - TASCHEN 2011
Starting in 1970, June Newton created own photographic works under the pseudonym Alice Springs. These have been exhibited regularly at the Helmut Newton Foundation since 2005, namely in "June's Room."
Her own photographic oeuvre began with a bout of influenza suffered by her husband in Paris, 1970. June Newton had Helmut show her how to handle the camera and light meter and in his place photographed an advertisement for the French cigarette brand Gitanes. The portrait of the smoking model would be the jump-start of a new career. In the early 1970s, Alice Springs shot several campaigns for the French hair stylist Jean Louis David; the photographs appeared under her byline as a full-page ads in renowned fashion magazines. 1974 later saw the first Alice Springs cover image adorning French Elle. By this time she had also received innumerable commissions for portraits, some of which have become iconic. The roster of artists, actors and musicians depicted by Alice Springs over the last 40 years reads like a "who's who" of the international cultural scene on both sides of the Atlantic. Many portraits were magazine assignments from Paris to LA; others resulted from private initiative.
Texts by June Newton
TASCHEN - 2011
144p - EN/GER/FR - 25.5x30.3 - hardcover - as new
Her own photographic oeuvre began with a bout of influenza suffered by her husband in Paris, 1970. June Newton had Helmut show her how to handle the camera and light meter and in his place photographed an advertisement for the French cigarette brand Gitanes. The portrait of the smoking model would be the jump-start of a new career. In the early 1970s, Alice Springs shot several campaigns for the French hair stylist Jean Louis David; the photographs appeared under her byline as a full-page ads in renowned fashion magazines. 1974 later saw the first Alice Springs cover image adorning French Elle. By this time she had also received innumerable commissions for portraits, some of which have become iconic. The roster of artists, actors and musicians depicted by Alice Springs over the last 40 years reads like a "who's who" of the international cultural scene on both sides of the Atlantic. Many portraits were magazine assignments from Paris to LA; others resulted from private initiative.
Texts by June Newton
TASCHEN - 2011
144p - EN/GER/FR - 25.5x30.3 - hardcover - as new