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Helmut Newton Photo Shoot
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Helmut
Newton
was
born
in
Berlin
to
a
German-Jewish
factory
owner
and
an
American
mother.
Interested
in
photography
from
the
age
of
twelve
when
he
purchased
his
first
camera,
he
worked
for
the
German
photographer
Else
Neulander
Simon.
The
increasingly
oppressive
restrictions
placed
on
Jews
by
the
Nuremberg
laws
meant
that
his
father
lost
control
of
the
factory
and
he
was
briefly
interned
in
a
concentration
camp.
'Kristallnacht'
in
1938
compelled
the
family
to
leave
Germany.
Newton's
parents
fled
to
Chile.
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Helmut
Newton's
Life in
Australia:
Newton was
interned
by British
authorities
while in
Singapore,
and was
sent to
Australia
arriving
in Sydney
on 27
September
1940. He
was
released
from
internment
in 1942,
and
briefly
worked as
a
fruit-picker
in
northern
Victoria.
In 1942,
he
enlisted
with the
Australian
Army and
worked as
a truck
driver.
After the
war,
Helmut
Newton
became an
Australian
citizen,
and
changed
his name
to Newton.
In 1948 he
married
actress
June
Browne.
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