Helmut Newton Has Died

Randall Ainsworth wrote:

And the loss to society is????

Hmm.. well, why don't you tell us why you ask the question, Randall? Can
you do that?

Bill Tallman

davidb wrote:

Not sure where to post this...

LOS ANGELES - Acclaimed photographer Helmut Newton was killed in a car
crash Friday, police said. He was 83.
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So passeth yet another legend of photography. Truth is, I had no idea he
was still alive!

Bill Tallman

A talent. Whereas the loss of you will be????
Wait , I have the answer. THe loss of Randall Ainusworth is
IMPERCEPTABLE! Like losing a wart, or a melanoma, the loss of Randall
Ainsworth in the digital forum did wonders for the pleasure of the
experience, and now losing him in the 35mm forum will make the pleasure
complete. So long, loser.

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"Randall Ainsworth" wrote in message
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And the loss to society is????

Sad news. His pictures may have been controversial but no one could
argue with his talent. The fact that "hot, young, avant garde" shooters of
the last 20 years have mostly recycled his ideas is pretty much an
indication of how great he was.

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"davidb" wrote in message
om...
Not sure where to post this...

LOS ANGELES - Acclaimed photographer Helmut Newton was killed in a car
crash Friday, police said. He was 83.

Newton, a fashion photographer whose work appeared in magazines such
as Playboy, Elle and Vogue, was best known for his stark,
black-and-white nude photos.

Newton lost control of his Cadillac while leaving the Chateau Marmont
hotel in Hollywood and crashed into a wall across the street, said
Officer April Harding, a police spokeswoman.

Before hitting the wall, the car brushed an Associated Press
photographer who was arriving at the hotel on an unrelated assignment.

Newton was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he died a short
time later, Harding said.

Newton, who was Jewish, fled Germany for Singapore in December 1938, a
month after Nazi-led pogroms. He eventually settled in Australia and
became a citizen, then took up

"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message
nk.net...
Then you may want to check out his work, and then you may understand
why some folks (at least two) do not mourn his passing.


So I did. But I'm not one to put down someone just because I "don't get"
their vision. Not really my cuppa but is that any reason to be disrespectful
of him (or of his work)?

CC

Wow. The man was a legend. Some of you say you never heard of him. Yet you
call yourselves photographers? He was an incredible artist with his camera.
I may have been a little squeamish about some of his photographs but I could
never say that any one of them was not shot and printed incredibly well.
Can't believe anyone would post here and not be embarrassed to admit they
never heard of the man. pathetic.

"davidb" wrote in message
om...
Not sure where to post this...

LOS ANGELES - Acclaimed photographer Helmut Newton was killed in a car
crash Friday, police said. He was 83.

Newton, a fashion photographer whose work appeared in magazines such
as Playboy, Elle and Vogue, was best known for his stark,
black-and-white nude photos.

Newton lost control of his Cadillac while leaving the Chateau Marmont
hotel in Hollywood and crashed into a wall across the street, said
Officer April Harding, a police spokeswoman.

Before hitting the wall, the car brushed an Associated Press
photographer who was arriving at the hotel on an unrelated assignment.

Newton was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he died a short
time later, Harding said.

Newton, who was Jewish, fled Germany for Singapore in December 1938, a
month after Nazi-led pogroms. He eventually settled in Australia and
became a citizen, then took up

I certainly heard of him and often saw displays of his shots in Amateur
Photographer and other magazines. Not the kind of piccies I like, but he
knew what he was doing. Very talented.

"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message
nk.net...
"ColdCanuck" wrote
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote
"Randall Ainsworth" wrote
And the loss to society is????
One Cadillac
One brick wall
Admittedly I have never heard of the man until today but the fact that
someone cared enough to post his obit on several NG's speaks volumes...

Then you may want to check out his work, and then you may understand
why some folks (at least two) do not mourn his passing.

--
Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.

We don't understand, Nick. Woke up without a hardon again?

"Phil Stripling" wrote in message
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(davidb) writes:

Newton lost control of his Cadillac while leaving the Chateau Marmont
hotel in Hollywood and crashed into a wall across the street, said
Officer April Harding, a police spokeswoman.

Hmm... that's where John Belushi OD'd.

Yeah, but Newton was in his 80's....Due to go at any time anyway.....The
accident just saved him from the weeks of suffering that many of us get as
our, "reward" for living a just life......

"Mark Hammerschmidt" wrote in message
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Can't believe anyone would post here and not be embarrassed to admit they
never heard of the man. pathetic.

Lower your nose a bit, chappie.
I hadn't heard of him...but I can assure you that this particular detail
renders me neither a better nor worse photographer. Your particular and
demonstrated form of snobbery is indeed "pathetic", and quite unbecoming.