[17] Although she was finding success in Australia as an actress, Helmut was offered a year-long contract with British Vogue[13] and the couple moved to London in 1957.

[13] In the following years, Helmut found work with such publications as Jardin des Modes and Australian Vogue.

And if I didn't succeed..."[19] June chose the pseudonym Alice Springs from the Australian town of the same name.

[21] Over her career, Alice Springs' photographs appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, Interview, and Stern.

[12][13] Working first as a fashion photographer and later as a portraitist, she photographed such famous figures as William S. Burroughs, Anthony Burgess, Catherine Deneuve, Graham Greene, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Christopher Reeve, Diana Vreeland, Yves Saint Laurent, Brigitte Nielsen and Nicole Kidman.

[25] The majority of the footage for the documentary was shot by June in the 1990s using a video camera that she had purchased for her husband as a Christmas present.

[26] He shot two additional minutes of June talking about Helmut, which he added as an introduction to the film;[26] Ratner's version premiered on Cinemax on 30 April 2007.

[13] Newton was a Roman Catholic and recalled mistreatment in her childhood in Australia due to her Irish heritage.