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"Pirelli's Calendar Niki Lauda, May 1985" 20x24 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print by Helmut Newton

"Pirelli's Calendar Niki Lauda, May 1985" 20x24 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print by Helmut Newton

by Helmut Newton Photography
$2,890.00 - $2,890.00
$2,890.00
$2,890.00 - $2,890.00
$2,890.00

"Pirelli's Calendar Niki Lauda, May 1985" Vintage Silver Gelatin Print by Helmut Newton

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Pirelli’s Calendar — Niki Lauda, May 1985

Photographed in May 1985 for the Pirelli Calendar, this image captures Helmut Newton’s instinct for friction—between glamour and machinery, flesh and speed. A model, poised in heels, leans into the mechanics of a Formula One car as a masked driver looks on, the scene charged with tension and ritual. Newton frames the moment low and close, emphasizing torque and posture: the curve of the body against the geometry of the chassis, elegance pressed up against industrial force.

More than a portrait of motorsport celebrity, the photograph stages a psychological exchange. The racetrack becomes a theater of power where control is negotiated, not assumed. Shot by Helmut Newton and featuring Niki Lauda, the image distills Newton’s enduring fascination with dominance, spectacle, and desire—transforming the utilitarian world of racing into a tableau of erotic authority that remains unmistakably his.

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