PORTRAITS OF HELMUT NEWTON (1995)

This known portrait of Helmut Newton was taken in 1995 during a TV Special on Helmut Newton with Télé Monte-Carlo (in the Principality of Monaco at Galerie Pierre Nouvion). Shabelewska was able to capture a rare image of Helmut Newton, the master of fashion photography, posing playfully in front of his work. The size difference between the artist and the photograph exposes the grandiose and fabulous side of Newton’s photos, while at the same time revealing a human and accessible side to this mythic figure. A tribute to a man who ennobled fashion photography, Shabelewska’s work immortalizes Newton, who passed away in 2004 in Los Angeles.

Born
 and 
raised 
in
 Monaco,
 Polish‐French-American
 Silas
 Shabelewska 
has 
practiced 
photography 
since 
the
 age
 of
 14.
 At
 16,
 she
learned 
the
 process 
of 
silver 
gelatin
 printing.
 In
 1984,
 Shabelewska 
enrolled
 at
 The
 School 
of
 the 
Museum 
of 
Fine
 Arts 
in
 Boston 
where 
she 
majored
 in 
photography,
 film 
and 
video.
 Since 
the
 late
 80’s,
 Shabelewska
 has
 worked 
predominantly 
in 
photography 
and 
has 
photographed 
art
 world 
personalities
 such 
as
 Leo 
Castelli
 and
 Helmut 
Newton 
(in
Monte‐Carlo 
in
1995).

 



Silver gelatin print mounted on aluminum 78 x 49.5 in. (198 x 125 cm)
shot in 1995 (executed in 2006) - edition of 5

© 1995-2023 Silas Shabelewska / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York NY