Birth: April 19, 1928
Origin of Birth- New York City, New York
Books: New York, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo
William Klein's photography is known to have unusual elements. He was a Jewish boy who grew up in an area in New Work City that was prejudiced against Jewish people. IN order to get away from his surroundings, he decided to focus on art. Before joining the army he studied at the City College of New York. In 1948 he moved to France to study paintings and eventually joined the University of Paris aka. Sorbonne. After his marriage, he began to study more abstract art and paint murals, which got him a lot of attention Angelo Mangiarotti. They collaborated on projects when Klein worked for an Italian architecture magazine called Domus. During the 1950s he moved back to New York and began to wrk as a photographer. Klein would try new techniques which added many odd elements to his photography. Klein eventually patterned with Alexander Liberman, and shot fashion photos for Vogue. He made a collection of photographs depicting New York as this dark and shocking place, so no one would publish them. He created a book out of the photos and published them himself with the title New York. He also published Rome, Moscow, and Tokyo, which were photographic books. In the '80s he switched to films and created Broadway By Light, Who Are You Polly Maggoo?, and The Messiah, continuing his use of unusual elements. He then again switched his focus back to photography and showcasing his work at Piccolo Teatro and Galleria il Milione in Milan, the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, and the Jane Jackson Gallery in Atlanta, GA. Klein now lives in Paris, France and continues his interest in art.
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