June Newton

June Newton was an Australian photographer, actor and art director who made photographs under the name Alice Springs. Born June Browne in Melbourne, she initially worked as an actor under the name June Brunell. Her photographic career began in Paris in 1970 when she took over an advertising assignment from her husband, Helmut Newton, who was ill.

Her work developed from advertising and fashion into portraits of artists, performers and other cultural figures. She also art-directed Helmut Newton’s books and exhibition catalogues, published her own memoir Mrs. Newton and helped establish and lead the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin. She died in 2021.