Weighing 30 kg and measuring 50 x 70cm, and breaking any previous record in book publishing, SUMO contains 480 pages covering every aspect of Newton's outstanding career in photography. "I wanted to build a monument to the most important photographer of the 20th century", commented Benedikt Taschen, the publisher behind SUMO-and that has certainly been achieved. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īringing an entirely new slant to the concept of the coffee-table book, SUMO is a suitably enormous homage to 79-year-old Helmut Newton, the master of subversive and erotic photography. However, proud owners of the new edition won't wrestle with their copy of "Sumo". He would surely be pleased that, a decade on from its first publication, "Sumo" - now in a format that allows for a more democratic distribution - will reach the widest possible audience.
This new edition is the fulfillment of an ambition conceived some years ago by Helmut Newton. "Sumo" established new standards for the art monograph genre, and secured a prominent place in photo-book history. , selling at auction in Berlin on Apfor 620,000 German Marks - approximately $430,000. Legendary "Sumo" copy number one, autographed by over 100 of the book's featured celebrities, also broke the record for the most expensive book published in the 20th century This worldwide publishing sensation now features in numerous important collections around the world, including New York's Museum of Modern Art. Published in an edition of 10,000 signed and numbered copies, "Sumo" sold out soon after publication and quickly multiplied its value. With the physically commanding "Sumo" weighing in - boxed and shrink-wrapped - at 35.4 kilos, Newton created a landmark book that stood head and shoulders above anything previously attempted, either in terms of conceptual extravagance or technical specifications. The idea of a spectacular compendium of images, a book with the dimensions of a private exhibition, reproduced to exceptional page size and to state-of-the-art origination and printing standards, emerged from an open, exploratory dialogue between photographer and publisher. "Sumo" - a bold and unprecedented publishing venture - was an irresistible project. Helmut Newton (1920-2004) always demonstrated a healthy disdain for easy or predictable solutions. "Sumo" was a titanic book in every respect: a 480-page tribute to the 20th century's most influential, intriguing and controversial photographer, it broke records for weight, dimensions, and resale price. Hardcover, 21.2 x 27.3 cm, 1.63 kg, 280 pages.The biggest, most lavish book production of the 20th century is back! We see the faces of celebrities, taken on the spot in all spontaneity: June, Helmut's wife, seated at the table, lighting a cigarette a jeweled hand picking up banknotes and huge nudes, standing, in their sculptural beauty. From dark streets to a hotel boudoir, this anthology reveals Newton's suggestive power through his fashion photographs, his work for magazines and his personal works.
Joining the famous collection of titles devoted to Helmut Newton published by TASCHEN, among which Helmut Newton: Polaroids, Pages from the Glossies, without forgetting the spectacular Helmut Newton: SUMO, this new edition sweepsthe whole of Newton's career, through many of his most striking shots from the 1960s to his heyday. His aesthetic was so unique that he created a new way of representing fashion and glamor. Helmut Newton (1920–2004) is remembered as one of the most prolific photographers of the 20th century, expressing the sensuality and eroticism of his subjects with strength, talent and precision. The most beautiful pictures of Helmut Newton A surreal alliance of fantasy, glamor, elegance, sex and black eroticism.
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