Helmut Newton
born Germany 1920, lived in Australia 1940–61, died United States 2004
Henry Talbot
born Germany 1920, arrived Australia 1940
No title (Model in car holding handbag in the air) c. 1960
gelatin silver photograph
24.3 x 19.0 cm
Private collection
© Helmut Newton and Henry Talbot Estates
The Paris End
Photography, Fashion & Glamour
A National Gallery of Victoria Touring Exhibition
3 June to 1 October 2006
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
10 March to 22 April 2007
Latrobe Regional Gallery
19 May to 24 June 2007
Bendigo Art Gallery
During the first decades of the twentieth century the ‘Paris end’ of Collins Street, as it was affectionately known, was a popular home to the artistic community of Melbourne. Many artists, musicians, writers and theatre performers lived and worked at the top end of town. A number of Melbourne’s leading photographers including Athol Shmith, Jack Cato, Julian Smith, May and Mina Moore, Ruth Hollick and Wolfgang Sievers also established studios in this thriving arts precinct. This exhibition brings together commercial and fashion photography from the 1900s to the 1950s reflecting the changing face of Melbourne.
The exhibition comprises around eighty photographs and associated ephemera. It is presented in four sections; fashion photography, advertising illustrations, portraits and theatrical studies.
Indemnification for this exhibition is provided by the Victorian Government.
