Helmut Newton (1920-2004)

"Newton enabled fashion photography to depict a more human and carnal version of the typically staid and stylized models.

Those photos were taken in the summer of 1979, after Newton was sent to Berlin by German Vogue. June, his wife, fellow photographer and essential collaborator, came up with the idea of revisiting spots Newton cherished during in his youth. Remarkably most of the sites, despite the epic destruction of the city during the war, were relatively intact including the Bismarck monument. These images, and "Bismark Monument" is a paradigm are fascinating for their unlikely combination of nostalgia and sexuality.

Like the best of Newton's work, those images have allusions to Film Noir, BDSM and of course the Femme Fatale. The suite of images that German Vogue published are some of the most iconic and celebrated images from Helmut Newton's career."

The Lynar family crypt in St. Nicholas church in Spandau.

Rocco Guerrini (German - Rochus, Graf zu Lynar; 1525 - 1596) was an Italian military engineer, most notable for his work on the Spandau Citadel.

The crypt is located in a west-easterly direction under the altar. Most of the coffins stored in it are positioned directly under the altar table. The dead lie with their heads to the west and face east towards the rising sun.

You can compare how the real Rocco Guerini was depicted during lifetime and as a sculpture for the alley of victory. In the beginning of the 20th century he was depicted more masculine and it wasn't shown that he lost one eye, which happened during the warum Spain.