From well-known portraits of Monaco's "beautiful people" to rarely seen landscapes this
collection of images documents two decades of Helmut Newton's love affair with a sun-kissed
world. Helmut Newton was in his 60s and a well-established photographer when he and his
wife moved to the Riviera. At an age when many people would consider beginning retirement
Newton instead plunged headfirst into one of the most prolific and liberating stages of his
career. The city of Monaco was the perfect backdrop for his fashion photography and it also
provided him with a wealth of subjects for his famous portraits including the stars of the
Ballet de Monte-Carlo and the Princely Family. And it was in Monaco that Newton finally tried
his hand at landscapes. While this volume focuses primarily on the years of 1981-2004 it also
looks at Newton's historic links with the Côte d'Azur and the area around Bordighera Italy.
There are essays by a range of experts in the field of photography film and art and three
interviews including one with Paloma Picasso. In these remarkable photographs readers will
discover the Riviera through Newton's fascinated slightly ironic lens: a way of life
characterized by ease and elegance a world dominated by appearance and superficiality and a
veritable living theatre in which he was both actor and privileged member of the audience.
