{"id":50643,"date":"2017-05-17T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=50643"},"modified":"2017-05-17T17:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:39:22","slug":"william-kleins-best-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/william-kleins-best-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are Photographer William Klein's 10 Best Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"William William Klein. Image from pinterest.com<\/p>\n

Known for his unconventional approach to photography, American-born, French-based William Klein\u2019s experimental techniques has seen him flourish in the worlds of fashion and art and has also led him to be considered \u201camong the fathers of street photography\u201d.
\nWith completely improvised methods of shooting, the photographer\u2019s main aim is to capture the banality of everyday life and the mundane actions undertaken by the people walking the streets around the world. Klein\u2019s objective is to \u201cBecome an active participant of the scene. Interact with the people, hear their conversations, and as a rule of thumb be close enough to see the colors of their eyes\u201d. The photographer uses modest photographic equipment to achieve these goals, his 21-28 mm wide lenses forcing to get up close and personal with his subjects.
\nUnfazed by the distortion wide-angle lenses produced, Klein is also relaxed when it comes to the general rules of thumb in photography. His candid photography is often rushed \u2013 the excitement of shooting the most raw and intimate of shots overwriting the importance of making a perfect, technically sound image; hence the many blurry, shaky, grainy over or under exposed photographs.<\/p>\n

\"Dorothea Dorothea McGowan, Vogue, Paris, 1960. Image from pleasurephotoroom.wordpress.com<\/p>\n

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\u201cI approached New York like a fake anthropologist, treating New Yorkers like Zulus.\u201d – William Klein<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

 
\nBeginning his photographic career at Vogue, Klein\u2019s approach to fashion photography was unusual at the time. In an era where studio settings were generally used for shooting editorials for important fashion publications, Klein\u2019s relaxed methods incorporated elements of his later, less calculated work on the streets. Klein\u2019s initial portraits featured in Vogue could almost be considered his earliest street photography.
\nWorking between Paris and New York for Vogue allowed Klein to shoot a photographic diary of his birthplace \u2013 and \u201cNew York 1954 \u2013 1955\u201d contained photographs many Americans were not used to seeing. Klein\u2019s aim to portray the most honest side of the city that never sleeps meant that a gritty and aggressive New York was depicted, portraying a vision that was highly controversial at the time. Speaking of his purpose with the project, Klein states \u201cI approached New York like a fake anthropologist, treating New Yorkers like Zulus.\u201d
\nAlthough a native of New York, Klein based himself in France prior to his discharge from a French army station during WWII. He enrolled at the Sorbonne, later studied abstract painting and sculpture under Fernand L\u00e9ger and eventually became acquaintances with the art director of Vogue, which mushroomed his career. Klein still lives and works in Paris, and cites the city as an important influence on his life\u2019s work.
\nEven though Klein is said to be \u201ca man of two cities\u201d, the photographer fixes his wide-angle lens across the world in order to make the most versatile of street work. Whether the master is shooting in his native New York, his adopted home of Paris, in Moscow, Rome or Tokyo, his notable approach to street photography continues to entertain and to inspire.
\nSee below 9 more of Klein’s best shots.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Gun Gun 1, New York (1955). Image from paddle8.com<\/p>\n

\"Dwarf Dwarf and Liquors (1955). Image from howardgreenberg.com<\/p>\n

\"Dance Dance in Brooklyn, New York (1954). Image from pinterest.com<\/p>\n

\" Armistice Day, Paris (1968). Image from 1stdibs.com<\/p>\n

\"Concert Concert des Rolling Stones, Longchamp, Paris (1982). Image from polkagalerie.com<\/p>\n

\"Club Club Allegro Fortissimo, Paris (1990). Image from 1stdibs.com<\/p>\n

\"The The Holy Family on Bike, Rome (1956). Image from pinterest.com<\/p>\n

The Holy Family on Bike, Rome (1956)<\/p>\n

\"Bikini, Bikini, Moscow (1959). Image from curiator.com<\/p>\n

Bikini, Moscow (1959)<\/p>\n

\"Cineposter, Cineposter, Tokyo (1961). Image from americansuburbx.com<\/p>\n

The William Klein retrospective is at the C\/O Berlin until 2 July 2017<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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