William klein

William Klein has always colored outside the lines. With forays into experimental photography, fashion photography at Vogue, and later, film, he had few preconceived notions about the art forms, and did not care to aspire to others' norms—his methods were mostly improvised.

William Klein-1960

Inscription: Inscribed in artist's hand in pencil on print verso LL: "Subway + blur, Tokyo 1961."; stamped in ink, on print, verso C: "WILLIAM KLEIN// 8, rue de Médici// Paris Danton 93-70";

We love the work of LA-based street photographer Eric Kim, and we're big fans of his regularly-updated blog. In this article, Eric explains how the work of famed street photographer William Klein has taught him valuable lessons that inform his own outlook, and his photography.

Vince Aletti writes about the photographer William Klein, whose work is the subject of “William Klein: YES,” a retrospective exhibition at the International Center of Photography, in New York.

© jmse By José Manuel Serrano Esparza William Klein is considered one of the most influential photographers ever, whose work meant a revolution from mid fifties regarding the previous traditional schemes of photography, with a new radical approach in his way of getting pictures, introducing high doses of contrast, lack of framing, movement, apparent grain, frequently overexposed negatives, deformity, chaos and blurring in his images, oozing tremendous energy and making up the core of his…

Dans son salon, à Paris, William Klein feuillette la nouvelle édition de son livre « Tokyo » qui vient d’arriver du Japon. Le photographe, toujours exigeant, se félicite de la qualité du papier, du vernis épais qui relève les contrastes de ses images prises en 1961. « Tokyo » est une oeuvre majeure de William Klein, au carrefour du document historique et du carnet intime. Pendant trois mois, il a pu saisir la folie et l’étrangeté de cette mégalopole, à l’aube turbulente des années 60. Il est…

It was not until the 1950s that color film offered an accessible artistic medium, confined for years to fashion, advertising and low quality family snapshots.