Newton has posed his model with her arms hanging free and away from her body. He referred to this as his 'gunslinger's pose' as it called to mind a ubiquitous image from Westerns -- the moment before the drawing of a gun from a hip holster. Newton appreciated the visual effect of keeping the arms clear of the contour line of the body, and the subliminal echo of the implied sense of threat.

HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)

Big Nude XII: Camilla, Nice, 1993

细节

HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
Big Nude XII: Camilla, Nice, 1993
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated in pencil and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp (on the reverse of the mount)
76 5/8 x 46in. (194.5 x 116.8cm.)

来源

Hamiltons Gallery, London;
acquired 2000.