Helmut Newton has contributed to Helmut Newton: White Women as aphotographer. Helmut Newton was born in Berlin in 1920. He died in anautomobile accident in Hollywood in January, 2004. He began his career atthe age of 16, working for famous Berlin photographer, Yva. As an18-year-old, he emigrated to Australia, returning to Europe in 1957 tosettle in Paris. As of the 1980s he lived in both Monte Carlo and LosAngeles. The first of his countless solo exhibitions took place in Paris in1975. Awards for his photographic oeuvre included the German Gro??eBundesverdienstkreuz, the French Grand Prix national de la photographie andthe World Image Award.