Gia/Robin Helmut Newton’s Man/Woman – 1979
Photo: © Helmut Newton
“This man-woman ambiguity has always fascinated me,” wrote Helmut Newton about this famous 1979 photograph for French Vogue, just one of the extraordinary photos in his 1984 book, “Women Without Men.” Newton often photographed men and women together, only the men are women dressed up as men. “The illusion must be as perfect as possible, to try and confuse the reader,” the controversial photographer said at the time. To see more Helmut Newton and read some of this thoughts on his photos, click HERE
Left: SuperModel Gia Carangi , Right: Robin Osler … Photo: Helmut Newton for French Vogue 1979
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