Photographer. He received much acclaim as a German-born-Jewish fashion photographer, who produced prolifically on black-and-white film. Famous for his decadent photography, Newton was a controversial, but clearly groundbreaking photographer. Born Helmut Neustädter, a product of a privileged German family, he bought his first camera at age 12 and was immediately in love with photography. An apprentice to Yva, a noted German fashion photographer, he learned his art well during 1936 and dreamed of becoming a photographer for "Vogue" magazine. With the Nazi's anti-Semitic agenda, he fled Germany after being detained in a concentration camp for a short time in 1938. He escaped to Singapore, yet his parents sailed to South America. This split forced him into an independent and nomadic life, having much difficult financially. He was imprisoned in Australia, being guilty of having an expired German passport. Starting in 1942, he served five years in the Australian army and in 1946 became a British subject, changing his surname to Newton. In 1949, he married in June Brunell, one of his models. Throughout Europe, he held several positions as a photographer for various "Vogue" magazines. He received his big break in 1961, when he joined "French Vogue." Newton became famous for his erotic and risqué photography of nudes. In the 1970s, his health declined with heart problems, which impacted his work. In 1976, he published his first of nine photographic books, "White Women," which established him as one of the most accomplished fashion photographers. His photography became a "Vogue" hallmark. In 1990, he was awarded the French "Grand Prix National de la Photographie. In 1992 he was awarded "Officier des Arts, Lettres et Sciences" in Monaco and the "The Grand Cross of Merit" of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1996 he received the commendation to "Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres" by the French ministry of culture. After his first one-man show in Paris in 1975, his photographs have been exhibited in one-man shows in Berlin, London, Moscow, New York City, Prague, and Tokyo. He wrote his 2003 "Autobiography." With two collections being published in other authors' books, a total of four more collections of his photography were published posthumously.