Helmut Newton is brilliant at exploiting women into becoming nothing more than a sexual object to fulfill some mens lust! I say "some men" because we don't all see beauty in the same way. He plasticizes & cheapens women IMO into looking like some kind of a living sex toy. Their faces, esp. the eyes, speak of death! I think someone mentioned gothic! I put Helmut Newton in the same class as Robert Mapplethorpe, Both are/were masters of transferring their own hidden & deep sexual desires & perversions & bring them out in a photograph! I'm not being critical here, I find the subject fascinating, & some of you guys know my religious beliefs & I promise to keep them out, but from a moral/immoral aspect, What fascinates or does not fascinate you about this type of photography? For me it's simply like I stated above, The women look fake & it strips away their natural beauty. I find some of the photos of the women in the gallery here much more appealing to my eyes because they show a much more natural beauty. & I might add that I'm not referring to the nudes, because as I remember, Helmut Newtons women are always clothed, only very provocatively!
