"Sex helps to sell — 20 scandalous works by Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton is one of the outstanding photographers of the twentieth century. He has long since become a recognized classic of photography. The unsurpassed master of the erotic genre once uttered a phrase that has become a textbook: "Sex sells" ("Sex helps to sell").

We offer you a selection of the most iconic and famous photographs of Newton.

Newton's worldwide fame was brought by a series of photographs of celebrities, in which the stars are depicted both sensual and cold. It is worth noting that the combination of incongruous in the photographer's works has always caused a lot of discussion.

At Christie's auction a few years ago, this photo was sold for $ 140,000.