Faces, places, and punk: The Alice Springs portfolio
When her husband – who happened to be world-famous photographer Helmut Newton fell sick with flu on the eve of a pressing deadline in 1970 – it was up to his wife, June, to photograph an advertisement for Gitanes cigarettes. After the barest instruction in lighting and camerawork, June clicked the shutter on a smoking model and ignited her own career behind the lens.
Using the pseudonym Alice Springs, June Newton began as a commercial photographer, shooting…
