William Klein-1960

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.

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";

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

An I.C.P. retrospective displays the groundbreaking exuberance and tabloid punch of a master photographer.

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.

The photographer and film-maker – one of the great postwar iconoclasts – has three exhibitions opening in the UK this year

Watchman, Cineccità, Rome, 1956 © William Klein

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