Hollywood in photos, from the 1920s to Helmut Newton

The exhibition "Hollywood" looks at the phenomenon of the dream factory with photographs by Helmut Newton as well as those of other famous photographers, including Eve Arnold, Anton Corbijn, Ruth Harriet Louise, Inge Morath, Steve Schapiro, Julius Shulman, Alice Springs and Larry Sultan. Pictured here: movie goddess Elizabeth Taylor in a portrait by Helmut Newton for "Vanity Fair."

Helmut Newton had a close relationship with Hollywood — he repeatedly referred to cinema in his photography and even staged film scenes. Some of his fashion stagings seem almost cinematographic, and he also drew inspiration for his portraits from the aesthetics of artful film stills. Here, he stages actress Sigourney Weaver in a lascivious manner in 1983.

In a mix of documentary photographs, portraits, film stills, set photographs and staged scenes, Hollywood is here expressed in all its facets, with showcased photographs by George Hurrell, Annie Leibovitz and Ed Ruscha. This photograph by Steve Schapiro features Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes on the set of "Chinatown."

Portraits of actors and actresses from the early Hollywood era provide another glimpse of Hollywood stardom. Ruth Harriet Louise and George Hoyningen-Huene were among the famous portrait photographers of the time. Here, movie star Judy Garland is seen in an 1945 image: She made history in the film "The Wizard of Oz" and with the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

In 1930, George Hurrell replaced Ruth Harriet Louise as Hollywood's prime portraitist for major film studios. The exhibition presents a portfolio with photographs by Hurrell, and also relies on great contrasts: In the same space hang color photographs by Larry Sultan in the picture series "The Valley," in which he depicts the porn film industry near Hollywood — here, star Sharon Wild.

Here, in the same exhibition space, the historical arc is traced over an entire century: from the star portraits of the 1920s to present-day Hollywood. Five large black-and-white portraits from Los Angeles by Anton Corbijn are also presented in the show, including Clint Eastwood, Tom Waits and the British singer and actress Marianne Faithfull (photo above).

In another exhibition room, the focus is on the city of Los Angeles. Alongside Ed Ruscha's leporello "Every Building at the Sunset Strip" from 1966, street photography by Alice Springs can be viewed. In 1984, she documented the counterculture of punks and mods on Melrose Avenue, who likewise turned the street into a stage.

Also represented are Magnum photographers Eve Arnold and Inge Morath, who were the set photographers of John Huston's film "Misfits" in 1960. In this picture by Eve Arnold, Marilyn Monroe can be seen memorizing some lines from the script.

In this image by Inge Morath, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller are seen in their hotel room in Reno, Nevada, after a day of filming. The exhibition "Hollywood" showcasing images from the Helmut Newton Foundation can be seen from June 3 - November 20, 2022 at the Museum of Photography in Berlin.