Photography is an art form that both moves and fascinates us. It belongs to the contemporary arts without a shadow of a doubt. Throughout history we have witnessed the talent of men and women who have achieved their goal of capturing the beauty of moment. Nowadays, new talents keep emerging and we stand in awe before their creativity. One of the main figures of this type of art is Helmut Newton. The Photography Museum and the Helmut Newton Foundation offer you a unique exhibition until January 31st 2010. This displays how the famous book SUMO has been created.

The Helmut Newton Exhibition, SUMO shows how one of the most ambitious and expensive art projects of all times was realized. In 1999, the German editor Benedikt Taschen and the famous photographer Helmut Newton collaborated to create an incredible book that has become an icon of visual art and photography for the XXth century.

This book presents some 400 pictures in 70×50 cm format. Many of these photos were unknown until those 2 passionate men made them famous. You will find portraits that will strike you by the unique emotion they carry which defines precisely Newton’s art. The SUMO book weighs in at a hefty 35 kilos and there have only been printed 10 000 copies, all of which bear Newton’s signature. The book soon became an item for art collectors and its value keeps growing.

Now, some 10 years after this project happened, Berlin offers a commemorative exhibition presenting the ‘making of’ the book. You’ll get to see all of the pictures that are in the book but also “Three Boys from Pasadera” which displays Mark Arbeit’s, Georg Holz’s and Just Loomis’ works, great photographers who became real fashion artists during the 70’s as well as Newton’s collaborators.

original source: Apartments blog

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