William Klein

Based on original book New York is good and good for you, revised and updated with previously unpublished material.

New York, 1954-55

Wide-angle, close up photographs of people, famous and obscure, from throughout the world, from the French Academy to the Guardian Angels to sumo wrestlers

Close Up

David Campany

This astonishing book, for which all the photographs have been selected and laid out by William Klein himself, is an inspiring visual history of a long and distinguished career. His chronologically arranged collection of work includes iconic photographs, painted contact sheets and magazine covers, as well as examples of his seminal photo-books of the 1950s and 1960s, represented here by their powerfull jackets and spreads. Black-and-white and colour fashion photographs range from portraits to filmic and surreal tableaux, revealing klein's revolutionary impact on the genre, whilst film posters and stills show the ways in which he captured and commented on the spirit of the times, creating biopics of muhammad ali and Little Richard and Feature films with stars including Donald Pleasance and Serge Gainsbourg. William Klein : ABC Showccases his masterful achievements at their very best. Supplementing the stunning images is an insightful text by David Campany that in Klein's own opinion would be impossible to better as a succint distillation and fine understanding of his life's work accross a wide range of artistic fields.

William Klein ABC

From the perspective of his 90 years of age, from the height of being a legend in photography, William Klein looks back and selects his favourite works, those that he considers to be the best in his whole career, in order to pay homage to photography itself.00This book, not by chance titled 'Celebration', is a tour to his most emblematic works: unique instants captured in New York, Rome, Moscow and Paris, in powerful black and white or striking colour. A true celebration of photography.00This volume also includes a text by the author in which he reflects upon photographic art and explains what prompted him to make this sort of director?s cut, this exceptionally personal selection, which brings together the works that, in his view, have made a contribution to the world of photography.00A small-format but high-voltage volume that, page after page, makes it clear why Klein is one of the summits of contemporary photography.

CELEBRATION

The most emblematic works in a volume that pays homage to Klein's work. From the perspective of his 90 years of age, from the height of being a legend in photography, William Klein looks back and selects his favourite works, those that he considers to be the best in his whole career, in order to pay homage to photography itself. This book, not by chance titled Celebration, is a tour to his most emblematic works: unique instants captured in New York, Rome, Moscow and Paris, in powerful black and white or striking colour. A true celebration of photography. This volume also includes a text by th e author in which he reflects upon photographic art and explains what prompted him to make this sort of director's cut, this exceptionally personal selection, which brings together the works that, in his view, have made a contribution to the world of photography. A small-format but high-voltage volume that, page after page, makes it clear why Klein is one of the summits of contemporary photography. 120 images

Celebration

Through the Global Imaging Ambassadors programme, Sony works in close partnership with photographers diverse in both style and geographical location. The symbiotic partnership will see Sony lending its technical expertise and groundbreaking products, whilst benefiting from participating photographers exceptional imagery, professional feedback and brand support. Working with each photographer individually, bespoke commissions are created to produce unique images for the programme, using Sonys high-end line of photographic equipment. These commissions includes the master photographer William Klein. This past summer the photographer came back in New York 60 years following his seminal work, Life is Good and Good for you in New York and he documented Brooklyn, a city he refers to as the America of tomorrow. Contrasto is now publishing in an elegant and amazing book the digital colors pictures that William Klein took in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn + Klein

Max Kozloff

Jeffrey Ladd

Trance, Witness, Revels

Life is Good & Good for You in New York

William Klein is a cult figure in photography and film and, although long noted as a painter, his early work has remained largely unseen for over sixty years. This book presents a selection of extremely rare Klein paintings from the late 1940s and early 1950s. It also includes projects for murals, some of which executed on a monumental scale for the first time, Lettrist works, fashion photographs and Printed Contacts. The show also maps a decisive moment in the artist's development: in 1952. While photographing his painted Turning Panels commissioned by architect Angelo Mangiarotti, Klein captured the blur of objects in movement. The incident set the artist off on a series of experiments in the dark room, in which he developed the blueprint of his photographic abstraction. Giving a new perspective on his entire career, this book clearly portrays the foundations of Klein's unique visual language as his trajectory is traced through painting, architecture, photography, books, and film.

Paintings, Etc

The last book completed by William Klein within his lifetime: A landmark retrospective encompassing Klein's legacy of creativity across photography, filmmaking, painting, book design, graphic design and beyond. Photographer. Filmmaker. Artist. Designer. To master one of those disciplines would be a lifetime achievement for any creative individual, yet William Klein's career was celebrated in each of them over the last eight decades. Klein was one of the great image makers of the 20th century and one whose work remains an enduring creative influence on the work of contemporary artists, photographers, and filmmakers. With over 250 images, this career retrospective explores the late William Klein's entire creative and artistic arc. Directed by Klein himself, from the selection of content to book design, this large-format publication looks back at his uncompromisingly creative lifetime, showcasing Klein's prolific and relentlessly innovative contribution to the world of photography, art, design, and filmmaking. Published in association with a major retrospective at the International Center of Photography, this book is a comprehensive take on his career. While best known as a photographer who broke all the rules and conventions, William Klein: Yes focuses on the full range of Klein’s work, from his abstract paintings through to his startling, authentic street photography and photobooks and his dynamic, satirical take on filmmaking. With a flowing, chronological text by David Campany, this book will be both an introduction to William Klein for a new generation and a source of fresh insights for those who already know who William Klein was: a true original.

William Klein: Yes

"Born in New York in 1928, William Klein is one of the leading photographers of the postwar era, as well as an influential filmmaker, painter, and graphic artist. This astonishing book, selected and designed by Klein himself, captures the essence of his life's work. It includes selections from his powerful photo books on New York, Moscow, Rome, Tokyo, and Paris; his dynamic fashion photography that used the city as a stage for glamour; stills and posters from his bitingly satirical films, including his send up of fashion magazines, Who Are You, Polly Magoo; and the graphically powerful painted contact sheets that he has exhibited around the world. Klein, whose achievement puts him on a level with Robert Frank, Richard Avedon, and Irving Penn, lives in Paris and is revered in Europe. This is the first comprehensive book on his work published in the United States in twenty years. "--

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