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"Pola Woman" is a photobook by Helmut Newton (1920-2004), a photographer born in Berlin, Germany. Newton, who worked for top fashion magazines such as "Vogue" and "Harper's Bazaar," revolutionized 20th-century fashion photography with his provocative yet elegant portrayals of women. This book is the Japanese edition of "Pola Woman," published in 1992, and is an unusual volume composed solely of Polaroids used on set. Polaroids, used as test shots to check lighting and composition, would normally be nothing more than documentation of the production process. However, Newton found a unique charm in their spontaneity, speed, and the colors and blurs that arise by chance, and released it to the world as a collection of works that he himself described as "a book I am particularly attached to." Handwritten notes about the models, shooting locations, and clients are also included, vividly conveying the creative process that cannot be seen in the finished works. This book allows you to relive the moment when a masterpiece is born from an idea, and it is also important for understanding Helmut Newton's creative philosophy, which presented Polaroid itself as an independent work of art.
