Helmut Newton, Workmen putting the finishing touches to rear of amenities block, c 1951–54, gift of the Shell Company of Australia, 2005.

The flamboyant Helmut Newton (1920–2004) was an internationally acclaimed fashion photographer. Born Helmut Neustaedter in Berlin, he arrived in Australia in 1940. Newton set up a studio in Flinders Lane, before establishing the influential Helmut Newton & Henry Talbot studio in Bourke Street. He applied his distinct style to theatre portraits, fashion illustration and industrial photography. Newton left Australia permanently in 1961.