Séduction

Seduction (Eng.)/ Séduction (Fr.) vb.: To lead or draw away as from principles, faith, or allegiance. To win over, attract or entice.

It should comes as no surprise that the timing of this exhibition in Paris and the recent outbreak of popularity of the 50 Shades of Grey books in the United states is auspicious.

"My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain."

- Helmut Newton

(Helmut Newton Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris, Juillet 29, 2012)

"There must be a certain look of availability in the women I photograph... I think the woman who gives the appearance of being available is sexually much more exciting than a woman who is completely distant. The sense of availability I find erotic."

- Helmut Newton

(Charlotte Rampling, hotel Nord-Pinus, Arles, 1973 by Helmut Newton)

"Photography was always his mistress, and I was his wife. Let's say it was an open marriage."

June Newton (aka Alice Springs), Helmut's model, muse and wife.

(Helmut Newton, Monte Carlo, 1987 by June Newton, aka Alice Springs)

"Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures."

- Helmut Newton

(Catherine Deneuve, Paris, 1976, by Helmut Newton)