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William Klein (April 19, 1926 – September 10, 2022) was a photographer and filmmaker noted to for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography. Trained as a painter, Klein studied under Fernand Léger and found early success with exhibitions of his work. However, he soon moved on to photography and achieved widespread fame as a fashion photographer for Vogue and for his photo essays on various cities. Despite having no training as a photographer, Klein won the Prix Nadar in 1957 for New York, a book of photographs taken during a brief return to his hometown in 1954. Klein's work was considered revolutionary for its "ambivalent and ironic approach to the world of fashion", its "uncompromising rejection of the then prevailing rules of photography" and for his extensive use of wide-angle and telephoto lenses, natural lighting and motion blur. Klein tends to be cited in photography books along with Robert Frank as among the fathers of street photography, one of those mixed compliments that classifies a man who is hard to classify. The world of fashion would become the subject for Klein's first feature film, Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, which, like his other two fiction features, Mr. Freedom and Le Couple Témoin, is a satire. Klein directed numerous short and feature-length documentaries and produced over 250 television commercials. Though American by birth, Klein lived and worked in France since his late teens. His work has sometimes been openly critical of American society and foreign policy; the film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum once wrote that Klein's 1968 satire Mr. Freedom was "conceivably the most anti-American movie ever made". Description above from the Wikipedia article William Klein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1926-04-19
- event Death Date 2022-09-10
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 3.9
- info Birth Place New York City, USA
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Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
2000-08-01
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記録 / Movie In London, Daido Moriyama
2013-07-04
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In and Out of Fashion
1998-03-03
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La Jetée
1962-02-16
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Victoires de la musique
1985-11-23
movie_edit Directing
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Mr. Freedom
1969-01-08
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Mr. Freedom
1969-01-08
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Far from Vietnam
1967-10-18
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Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
1974-04-09
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966-10-21
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966-10-21
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The Model Couple
1977-03-30
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The Model Couple
1977-03-30
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Broadway by Light
1958-01-01
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The French
1982-06-30
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Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther
1970-08-24
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The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
1969-01-01
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966-10-21
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The Little Richard Story
1980-01-01
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Hollywood, California: A Loser's Opera
1977-01-01
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Broadway by Light
1958-01-01
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Broadway by Light
1958-01-01
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In and Out of Fashion
1998-03-03
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May Days
1978-01-01
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Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther
1970-08-24
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Messiah
1999-12-17
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Messiah
1999-12-17
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Contacts: Sophie Calle
1997-01-01
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Mode in France
1985-10-30
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The King of Ads, Part 2
1993-01-01
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Cassius le grand
1964-12-01
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May Days
1978-01-01
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The Model Couple
1977-03-30
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May Days
1978-01-01
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The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
1969-01-01
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The French
1982-06-30
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Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
1974-04-09
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Contacts
1989-07-22