For this comprehensive book, which has grown to become his visual autobiography, Helmut Newton has selected a never before seen variety of images that have been published from the late 1950s to the late 1990s by numerous magazines in different countries like the U.S., Britain, Italy, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, etc. Shown as facsimiles of the original pages, the visuals of this book take the viewer on a unique trip through decades of fashion styles and magazine layouts. They show Newton's start as a young fashion photographer, explain how he managed to extend the boundaries of this genre, how he beat the System of the fashion industry and how he became the master of late 20th century fashion photography.