Museum Schloss Moyland is celebrating the important work of photographer Alice Springs with a major retrospective. The exhibition forms an engaging dialogue with the presentation of previously unseen works by the Franco-German photographer Willy Maywald from the museum’s collection, most of which have never been shown before.
June Newton (1923–2021) began her career as a photographer under the pseudonym Alice Springs in 1970, stepping in for her ailing husband, Helmut Newton, on an advertising shoot. Her impressive body of work has established her one as of the foremost fashion and portrait photographers of her time. Like her husband, Springs extensively explored the fields of fashion, advertising, portraiture and nudes. In the series Us and Them, however, the contrasting perceptions and portrayals of the same subjects by Springs and Newton highlight their distinct approaches to mood and character.
In addition to portraits from the international cultural scene, fashion and advertising photography, the exhibition features recently discovered photographs from the Newton’s former flat in Monaco in 2023 which had never been shown before. In collaboration with the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin and the Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Museum Schloss Moyland is presenting around 150 vintage prints and exhibition prints by the photographer.
Curated by Matthias Harder and Antje-Britt Mählmann
Gallery
Alice Springs Advertisement for Gitanes Cigarettes, Paris 1971 © Helmut Newton Foundation
Alice Springs Advertisement for Jean Louis David, Paris 1970s © Helmut Newton Foundation
Alice Springs Catherine Deneuve, Paris 1984 © Helmut Newton Foundation
Alice Springs Charlotte Rampling, Paris 1982 © Helmut Newton Foundation
Alice Springs Helmut in pumps, Monte Carlo 1987 © Helmut Newton Foundation
Alice Springs Jacques Clemente and Frederique, Antibes 1978 © Helmut Newton Foundation
Alice Springs June as Salome from the play by Oscar Wilde, Melbourne 1951 © Helmut Newton Foundation
Alice Springs Self-Portrait with Sirpa Lane, Paris 1972 © Helmut Newton Foundation
Alice Springs Sirpa Lane, Paris 1972 © Helmut Newton Foundation
Helmut Newton Catherine Deneuve, Esquire, Paris 1976 © Helmut Newton Foundation
Alice Springs. Retrospektive Ausstellungsansicht Foto: Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland/Johannes Hüffmeier
Alice Springs. Retrospektive Ausstellungsansicht Foto: Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland/Johannes Hüffmeier
Alice Springs. Retrospektive Ausstellungsansicht Foto: Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland/Johannes Hüffmeier
Alice Springs. Retrospektive Ausstellungsansicht Foto: Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland/Johannes Hüffmeier
Alice Springs. Retrospektive Ausstellungsansicht Foto: Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland/Johannes Hüffmeier
Alice Springs. Retrospektive Ausstellungsansicht Foto: Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland/Johannes Hüffmeier