Last minute gift? Buy a TASCHEN gift card

Your Shopping Cart

Your shopping cart is empty!

Discover our bestsellers
Subtotal0 Items0
Go to Shopping Cart
1 / 15
Sold Out
Please check with your nearest TASCHEN store just in case
Sumo
The mighty giants of our program tower at 50 to 70 cm. (19.7 to 27.6 in.)

Helmut Newton’s SUMO

25000

This edition is sold out. However, occasionally, copies do become available again. Please register on our waiting list so we can inform you if this edition, or anything similar comes up.

Register Now

Edition: English
Almost as enormous as its subject is influential, the original SUMO is an homage to the astounding photographer Helmut Newton. Edited by June Newton, supported with a Philippe Starck bookstand, and containing almost 400 images, it covers every aspect of Newton’s outstanding career, chronicling his groundbreaking fashion photography, definitive nudes, and celebrity portraiture.

Limited Collector’s Edition of 10,000 copies, each signed and numbered by Helmut Newton, with bookstand designed by Philippe Starck
Edition of 10,000Hardcover with book stand, 19.7 x 27.6 in., 76.50 lb, 464 pages
“That book was an outrageous idea—totally crazy!”
Helmut Newton
“To the question: ‘What people do you like to photograph?’ my answer is: ‘Those I love, those I admire and those I hate.”
Helmut Newton
“SUMO is just brilliant.”
Libération
“Women naked or dressed, portraits of the famous, and provocative mises-en-scène: 450 photographs by one of the greatest photographers of our time in a quite exceptional format.”
Le Temps
“The biggest, fattest and most expensive book by the greatest and most prolific genius of photography.”
Photo
Sold Out
Please check with your nearest TASCHEN store just in case
Sumo
The mighty giants of our program tower at 50 to 70 cm. (19.7 to 27.6 in.)
Helmut Newton’s SUMO

Helmut Newton’s SUMO

25000

The Biggest and Most Expensive Book Production in the 20th Century

Limited edition of 10,000 copies worldwide, each signed and numbered by Helmut Newton. Includes a bookstand designed by Philippe Starck

SUMO is a titanic book in every respect: it is a tribute to the 20th century’s most influential, intriguing, and controversial photographer. Measuring 50 x 70 cm (20 x 27.5 in.) and weighing approx. 30 kg (66 lb.), the book contains 464 pages, breaking any previous record. SUMO is a truly unique publication.

SUMO, edited by June Newton, features a wide selection of almost 400 pictures, most of which are published for the first time, covering every aspect of Newton’s outstanding career in photography: from his stunning fashion photographs, which pointed the way for generations of photographers, to his nudes and celebrity portraits.

In defiance of the much-loved Japanese discipline that inspired the title of this colossal work, there is no need for its proud owner to wrestle with SUMO. Philippe Starck has designed a unique device for displaying the book at home.

SUMO is available to all Newton fans and photo devotees in a limited edition of 10,000 copies, all numbered and signed by the artist.
The designer of the bookstand

Philippe Starck is a French designer, responsible for some 10,000 interior, product, industrial, and architectural creations, from luxury hotels and mega-yachts to a lemon squeezer and toothbrush.

The photographer

Helmut Newton (1920–2004) was one of the most influential photographers of all time. He first achieved international fame in the 1970s while working principally for the different international editions of Vogue, where he was celebrated for his controversial scenarios and the ability to make a thoroughly planned photograph seem fresh and dynamic. His many titles and awards include Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Helmut Newton’s SUMO
Edition of 10,000Hardcover with book stand, 50 x 70 cm, 34.70 kg, 464 pages

ISBN 978-3-8228-6394-7

Edition: English
Download product images here
0 Ratings

No reviews have been posted for this item yet. Be the first to rate this product.