On 31 October 2020, Helmut Newton would have celebrated his 100th birthday. We are commemorating this major anniversary with a series interviewing eyewitnesses about the founding of the Museum for Photography. Without Helmut Newton’s love for his native city and his wish to permanently present his works in Berlin, the “Haus am Bahnhof Zoo” ‒ the museum ‒ would not exist. Thanks to the work of the Helmut Newton Foundation and the Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) it has developed into a magnet for photography enthusiasts from around the globe.

The interviews were conducted by Ingolf Kern, director of the department of Media, Communications and Events at the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation).

In our series 3 and More Perspectives on a Piece, we elucidate selected works from very different points of view.