Tag: William Klein
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Influential and ‘Groundbreaking’ Photographer William Klein Dead at 96 | PetaPixel
Influential and ‘Groundbreaking’ Photographer William Klein Dead at 96 Most well-known for his 1956 book “Life is Good & Good for You in New York.” via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/09/12/influential-and-groundbreaking-photographer-william-klein-dead-at-96/ American-born French photographer William Klein has passed away at the age of 96 in his home in Paris. Klein is considered one of the most influential and…
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« Tokyo » : Interview with William Klein – The Eye of Photography
« Tokyo » : Interview with William Klein In his living room in Paris, William Klein flips through the new edition of his book, Tokyo, which just arrived from Japan. Klein, always particular, is pleased with the quality of the thick, glossy paper which enhances the contrasts of his 1961 photographs. Tokyo is a major work by Klein, part…
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Paris Photo 2014: Visions of the Landscape at the Galerie Le Réverbère – The Eye of Photography
Paris Photo 2014: Visions of the Landscape at the Galerie Le Réverbère For Paris Photo, Le Réverbère gallery is presenting a vision of the landscape through the work of five photographers. They offer a reflection of our world, like the facets of a kaleidoscope, multiple and fragmented, from the urban landscapes of William Klein, the…
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William Klein: ‘My pictures showed everything I resented about America’ | Culture | The Guardian
William Klein: ‘My pictures showed everything I resented about America’ A resident of Paris for 60 years, Klein’s photographs of 1950s New York caught the city’s energy and grit and made his name. He talks about returning to Brooklyn, working for Vogue – and being praised by Picasso via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/06/william-klein-my-pictures-showed-everything-i-resented-about-america A resident of…
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You Can’t Put A Headline On William Klein
You Can’t Put A Headline On William Klein Try to put him in a box and he’ll find his way out. Still working at nearly 85 years old, William Klein has gone rogue in at least four different fields. via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/04/03/175605582/you-cant-put-a-headline-on-william-klein?ft=1&f=97635953 Try to put him in a box and he’ll find his way out.…
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William Klein: "Photo reportages need context" – British Journal of Photography
He says: “Yesterday evening I saw a screening of photographs and it reminded me a little about this old joke: it’s a tourist who comes back from a trip and he tells the story of when he saw a leper. He had two stumps instead of hands. So the other guy asked him: ‘What did…