Few names in photography bring about as much universal reverence as Helmut Newton. Making his name with his sexy and provocative take on fashion and celebrity photography, Newton’s bold and unapologetic visual language has been a major influence on modern photography and visual art today. Now, a major exhibition celebrating the life and work will open in A Coruña, Spain this autumn.

The exhibition is the third presented by the Marta Ortega Pérez Foundation and follows successful exhibitions devoted to Peter Lindbergh and Steven Meisel. The event will tell the story of the man behind the work with a series of videos showing Newton at work and in conversation; personal images providing insights into his childhood, career and partnership with his wife June; and further documents, posters, cameras and equipment, props, intriguing artefacts, and memorabilia.

Naturally, the exhibition will also include a wide range of Newton’s portraits of celebrities such as Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Margaret Thatcher, Charlotte Rampling, Elsa Perretti, Daryl Hannah, Jerry Hall, Naomi Campbell, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld.

Marta Ortega Pérez says of the exhibition: “Helmut Newton is one of that celestial band of photographers whose images are instantly recognisable as their own. Newton’s own great revolutionary act was to utterly change the ways in which women were portrayed in the pages of glossy magazines.”

“Helmut Newton — Fact & Fiction” will open at the Marta Ortega Pérez (MOP) Foundation in A Coruña, Spain on 18th November 2023 and run until 1st May 2024.