Throughout his career, Helmut Newton used Polaroids as both a crucial tool for testing light and composition and a means of revisiting his shoots. These objects allow the viewer a rare chance to look behind the scenes of some of his greatest pictures from Milan, to Paris and Saint-Tropez. The prints offer distinct insight into Newton’s creative direction and have become works of art in their own right. In 2015, with the help of the artist’s wife June Newton, Taschen published “Helmut Newton: Polaroids” as a testament to the importance of the medium in his practice.