In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors.

Mr. He was issued with a passport just after turning 18 and left Germany on 5 December 1938. Newton shot a number of pictorials for Playboy including pictorials of Nastassja Kinski and Kristine DeBell.

". Helmut Newton (born Helmut Neustädter; 31 October 1920 – 23 January 2004) was a German-Australian photographer.