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HELMUT NEWTON in fotografiemuseum FOAM te Amsterdam is nog t/m 4 september 2016 te bewonderen. Hooggehakte en langbenige dames, meestal schaars gekleed, met een onverholen, dus onomwonden erotische uitstraling. Vrouw en erotiek hebben in Newtons fotografie een centrale plaats...
...as sunburnt wheat,
Edged with a line of foam that creams and hisses,
Enticing weary feet.
And emeralds, and sunset-hearted opals,
And Asian marble, veined
With scarlet flame, and cool green jade, and moonstones
Misty and azure-stained;
And almondtrees in bloom, and...
...placid beauty, feminine yet free,
Whether with foam or pictured azure spread
The waters be.
What is like thee, fair flower,
The gentle and the firm? thus bearing up
To the blue sky that alabaster cup,
As to the shower?
Oh! Love is most like thee,
The love of woman; quivering to the...