If you are into photography, fashion, and the 60’s culture or just really cool people and don’t know about Helmut Newton, you need to get up to speed on him. His photography was one of the greatest influences in the 50’s through the early 90’s in fashion and pushing the limits of photography in the mainstream media. I know his work has had a major influence and inspiration on me, even morose after I read his autobiography.

While going through a few blogs last week, I ran across one that had an interview with Helmut discussing his book. Some of the quotes out of it are great; he definitely has a great, dry sense of humor.

Your about to be published autobiography stops in 1982. What have the readers missed?

Nothing! People who reach their goals are very uninteresting. What could I have written about the last 20 years? I met a lot of awfully boring Hollywood bimbos. I earned a lot of money. I fly only first class.

When you arrived in Singapore you had five dollars to your name, which you immediately spent in a brothel.

My sound financial sense told me there was no difference between having five dollars and being completely broke.

The full interview can be found here. NSFW image at the top of the interview.