Monday, September 17, 2012

Great Black and White Photographers, Part 2.

William Klein...


   84 years old, William Klein was born in New York on April 19th, 1928 into a poor Jewish family. His nationality is French/ American. He graduated at the age of 14 and enrolled at City College of New York to study sociology. He later joined the US Army where we was  stationed in France where he permanently settled. During this time Klein was interested in abstract painting and sculpture. He won many awards such as Prix Nadar in 1957 for the book New York, a book of photographs taken during a brief return of his hometown,  Prix Jean Vigo in 1967, and Hasselblad Award in 1990.



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