during the course of a career spanning five decades, helmut newton became regarded as one of the world's leading photographers. a prolific image maker and genuine visionary - whose daring work bought him both fortune and notoriety - he continues to prove a major influence on modern photography and visual art.
in october 2003, a few months before his death, newton established the helmut newton foundation (hnf) - an organisation dedicated to the preservation and presentation of his own photographic works, and those of his wife, june newton. from the 1970's onwards, mrs. newton created a significant body of portrait photographs under the pseudonym 'alice springs'.