William Klein brought a confrontational, wide-angle visual language to street and fashion photography. His photobooks on New York, Rome, Moscow and Tokyo used blur, grain, aggressive cropping and graphic sequencing to break with the elegance of conventional documentary photography.
Photography; film; graphic design
Major Works
- 1955Gun 1, New York
- 1956New York photobook
- 1959Rome photobook
- 1964Moscow photobook
- 1964Tokyo photobook
- 1990Club Allegro Fortissimo
- 1958Smoke + Veil, Paris
- 1955Atom Bomb Sky, New York
- 1958Broadway by Light
- 1966Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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