William Klein

[Lachlan Young]

William Klein has died, aged 96.

Surprised no one has posted this yet, given the catalytic impact he had on defining and inspiring significant aspects of mid-late 20th century aesthetics of photography - and arguably much more than Robert Frank did (and Klein made even more forthrightly provocative films than Frank did - with enough money behind them to shoot in 35mm colour).

 

[Arthurwg]

Heard him speak at ICP some years back. Charming man.

 

[logan2z]

Terrible news, love Klein's work.

 

[Don_ih]

He was exceptionally cool.

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

Om Shanti!

 

[jnk]

he was the real thing.

 

[Eric Rose]

One of my favourites.

 

[Lachlan Young]

Interview from Aperture that's worth a read.

And given today's news about Jean-Luc Godard, here's Klein from that interview on Godard:

"Klein: I dream about a million things. It’s incredible. I had a dream recently, and I still don’t know whether it was a dream or not. It was about New York. Jean-Luc Godard was there, it was a Saturday, and there was an art opening. The people there were very friendly, and Godard was so, so nice, and also friendly. He was exhibiting his paintings, and people were saying, “Oh Jean-Luc, you have to come to my studio—I have some nice paintings to show you.” And he would say, “Of course!” which is so little like him. It was so precise, and everybody was the way that they should be. It was Godard being a nice New Yorker. He’s a prick, actually; I know him pretty well."

 

[logan2z]

Worth watching...

The Many Lives of William Klein