Helmut Newton (1920-2004) always displayed a healthy disdain for the easy or the predictable, so it is no surprise that SUMO was an irresistible work. The idea of a book the size of a private exhibition, with striking images reproduced with precision and state-of-the-art typographic standards, arose from an open, experimental dialogue between photographer and publisher. Weighing 35.4 kilograms in a box and wrapped in plastic, SUMO was a landmark book that surpassed all previous efforts in both conceptual eccentricity and technical specifications.