Helmut Newton Foundation

In the location's words:

The Helmut Newton Foundation is an international foundation with a global reach, dedicated to the reappraisal and presentation of the photographic work of Helmut and June Newton, who has created a significant body of independent work under the pseudonym Alice Springs since the 1970s.

With regard to the goals formulated by Helmut Newton, the foundation named after him is intended tobea "living institution, not a dead museum". The various aspects of his extraordinary photographic work are therefore presented on a six-monthly basis and juxtaposed with other renowned photographers.

Since the end of the Second World War, the former Prussian officers' mess has been converted into a museum in various forms. The Helmut Newton Foundation uses around 1,500 square meters as exhibition space, offices and archives. The prestigious building in the historic center of West Berlin, located right next to Bahnhof Zoo, was reopened in June 2004 with the double exhibition Us and Them and Sex and Landscapes and has since been visited by almost two million people.