The Making of Helmut Newton's SUMO
Helmut Newton's SUMO is a titanic book in every respect: Measuring 50 x 70 cm (20 x 27.5 inches) and weighing approx. 30 kg (66 lb.), the book contains 480 pages, breaking any previous record. SUMO is a truly unique publication.
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"Newton has left his mark on our times, just like Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. With this book-sculpture I want to raise a monument to him."
Benedikt Taschen, in: Sonntagszeitung, Switzerland
"... a provocateur who can evoke the hidden, the unspeakable."
The New York Times, United States
"Helmut Newton's SUMO is a classic provocation from the master fantasist"
Vanity Fair, United States
"I don't even look at it as a book. I look at it as an object."
Helmut Newton, in: Vanity Fair, United States
"A Book? Furniture? It's both!"
Fortune, United States
"Mr. Newton is certainly one of the most controversial photographers ever to apply the notion of sin to fashion and celebrity."
The New York Times, United States
"30 kilos of erotica - a superlative book!"
BILD, Hamburg, Germany
"Were it not blasphemy - the new volume of photographs by Helmut Newton should be called 'the book of books'"
Max, Germany
"Women naked or dressed, portraits of the famous, and provocative mises-en-scène: 450 photographs by one of the greatest photographers of our time in a quite exceptional format."
Le Temps, Geneva
"Heavyweight book champ (Just don't drop it on your toe)"
the business FT weekend magazine, England
"SUMO, a book of immoderate dimensions"
Le Monde, France
"Decadent and sneered eroticism. He made his original world of photography through this book."
STUDIO VOICE, Tokyo, Japan
"La titánica obra SUMO, mantiene un combate cuerpo a cuerpo -como el popular deporte japonés- con las fotos, y si Isaac Newton descubrió la atracción de los cuerpos, Helmut desveló las leyes del deseo, el erotismo, la irreverencia y la transgresión."
Vogue, Madrid, Spain
"Mit mehr als 400 übergroßen Fotos, einer Schwere von 30 kg, einer Auflage von Zehntausend Exemplaren und einem Preis von Dreitausend Euro ist Sumo ein gigantisches Fotobuch."
Stern.de, Hamburg, Germany
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"Newton has left his mark on our times, just like Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. With this book-sculpture I want to raise a monument to him."
Benedikt Taschen, in: Sonntagszeitung, Switzerland
"... a provocateur who can evoke the hidden, the unspeakable."
The New York Times, United States
"Helmut Newton's SUMO is a classic provocation from the master fantasist"
Vanity Fair, United States
"I don't even look at it as a book. I look at it as an object."
Helmut Newton, in: Vanity Fair, United States
"A Book? Furniture? It's both!"
Fortune, United States
"Mr. Newton is certainly one of the most controversial photographers ever to apply the notion of sin to fashion and celebrity."
The New York Times, United States
"30 kilos of erotica - a superlative book!"
BILD, Hamburg, Germany
"Were it not blasphemy - the new volume of photographs by Helmut Newton should be called 'the book of books'"
Max, Germany
"Women naked or dressed, portraits of the famous, and provocative mises-en-scène: 450 photographs by one of the greatest photographers of our time in a quite exceptional format."
Le Temps, Geneva
"Heavyweight book champ (Just don't drop it on your toe)"
the business FT weekend magazine, England
"SUMO, a book of immoderate dimensions"
Le Monde, France
"Decadent and sneered eroticism. He made his original world of photography through this book."
STUDIO VOICE, Tokyo, Japan
"La titánica obra SUMO, mantiene un combate cuerpo a cuerpo -como el popular deporte japonés- con las fotos, y si Isaac Newton descubrió la atracción de los cuerpos, Helmut desveló las leyes del deseo, el erotismo, la irreverencia y la transgresión."
Vogue, Madrid, Spain
"Mit mehr als 400 übergroßen Fotos, einer Schwere von 30 kg, einer Auflage von Zehntausend Exemplaren und einem Preis von Dreitausend Euro ist Sumo ein gigantisches Fotobuch."
Stern.de, Hamburg, Germany
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Helmut Newton signing SUMO, Monte Carlo, 1998
