Article Review #10

Interview: "Frank Horvat with Helmut Newton"

I respond to this article because I know of Helmut Newton because of his photo work with Vogue.  I used to love looking at all the fashion art and clothes in that magazine.  The magazine was usually always a thick volume, whereas today there is much less paper put into the publication.  I am drawn to the images because of the idea of intentionally working with taboo images and drama.  Individuality and going against the norm is so important considering todays impetus to keep everyone in that straight line or inside the box.  In Frank Horvat's 1986 interview he engages Helmut Newton to share some of himself in a relaxed interview.  Any artist who intentionally pushs art to the edge of conformity and normal has my vote.  I love excess and drama.  My childhood was spent in an ultra conservative military style family in the "70's".  Censorship and oppression lived everywhere.  I hated that environment.  As an adult I value originality, freedom, drama, and taboo subjects.