Byron Newman (born in

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) is a British

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. He has been a photographer for over 25 years. Most of the years in partnership with French actress , his producer, stylist, muse and also his wife. Newman started out studying graphic design and photography at the

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. Afterwards, he interviewed and photographed musicians for ''Cream'' magazine in the 1960s and 1970s. He started his own fashion magazine ''Deluxe'' in 1977.Byron Newman's Playboy connection by Doc Glidewell onemodelplace.com 2009
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as the art director with Mode International. Once there he also started working for ''

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'' magazine where he was a staff photographer. Whilst there he met Brigitte Ariel.

Playboy

In 1982, whilst Newman and Ariel were in

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on promoting her latest film,

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got in touch and met them at the

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. Byron has photographed for ''

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'' magazine, assisted by Brigitte, in the United States since 1984. His photographs appear in Playboy magazine and also are for the ''

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s''. He has also photographed for Playboy's other foreign editions including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Mexico, South Africa, Croatia etc. During the time Byron has worked for them, he has photographed some of Britain's top glamour models including

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, Katie Price aka Jordan,

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(whom he had discovered and photographed for her Miss March 1987 pictorial), and 2006 Playboy Special Edition model of the year Louise Glover. His pictorial in ''Playboy USA'' (Sept 07) entitled ''"Rubber Rules"'' explores the sensuality of latex clothing.

Books

During the 1980s, he produced four books of erotic photographs: * ''"English Rose"'' (USA) * ''"Methode Anglaise"'' (France) * ''"The Ultimate Angels"'' - a photographic exploration of the transsexual community in Paris. * ''"Art Nude Collection"'' (Dia Press Japan) In 2014, his first novel ''Landscape of a Woman'' was published as an ebook. In 2017, his second novel 'First, Last, Everything' was published as an ebook. An exhibition at the Herrick Gallery on

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called ''Ultimate Angels'' featuring photos of transgender sex workers in Paris as featured in Newman's book, was held in July 2017.

Other skills

Newman also plays guitar, harmonica and sings in a rock band, Senior Service.

References

External links

Byron Newman's website
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