Thursday January 12, 2023

How William Klein wowed Orson Welles, influenced Federico Fellini and anticipated reality TV

William Klein won his first camera in a poker game in 1946. Every image he made after that was a little pokerish: street-wise, bluffing, anticipating, but intuitive and spontaneous, too. In a career spanning seven decades, he made some of the most famous fashion and documentary photographs, but also some of the most critical films about those worlds.

(via How William Klein wowed Orson Welles, influenced Federico Fellini and anticipated reality TV)