William Klein Biography
William Klein was born in New York on April 19 , 1928 ,he was part of a Jewish family which at that time was hard for him because he felt like an outsider since New York was mainly Irish his classmates and people on the street would discriminate him for that. 
He was a smart kid by the age of fourteen he was able to go to college and study sociology once he turned 18 Klein enrolled in the army and was station in Germany before completing his course. Klein set out to re-invert photography.In 1949 Klein went to Paris and studied under lhote and fernand ledger.
In 1952 Klein had two shows in milan at the 'Piccoloteatro' and at the 'Galleria il Milione' and began tocollaborate with the architect Angelo Mangiarotti,who commissioned murals on moveable panelsthat could be used as room dividers. People were fascinated by his out of focus and high contrast prints that he got offer a job at New York. After going t to New York he went back to France and published three more books : Moscow ,Tokyo and Rome.
He was a smart kid by the age of fourteen he was able to go to college and study sociology once he turned 18 Klein enrolled in the army and was station in Germany before completing his course. Klein set out to re-invert photography.In 1949 Klein went to Paris and studied under lhote and fernand ledger.
In 1952 Klein had two shows in milan at the 'Piccoloteatro' and at the 'Galleria il Milione' and began tocollaborate with the architect Angelo Mangiarotti,who commissioned murals on moveable panelsthat could be used as room dividers. People were fascinated by his out of focus and high contrast prints that he got offer a job at New York. After going t to New York he went back to France and published three more books : Moscow ,Tokyo and Rome.
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