Style Singapore’s January issue pays tribute to Helmut Newton in ‘Pain Jane’.

To late photographer Helmut Newton a whole lot of wrong often made a right. Call him brutal, irreverant, disturbing or just plain manipulative, the ugly truth in Newton’s eyes was everything but crippling beauty.

Wee Khim captures Darya on crutches, a powerful symbol for modern fashioniastas, styled by Sharon Tulasidas and Damian Huang./Hair by Edward Chong; makeup by Clarence Lee.