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William Klein
French
Photographer
Born:
Apr 19
,
1928
Fashion
Me
People
Photography
Thought
You
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I was making a film on Muhammad Ali in 1964, and I went to Miami to film everything around the fight for the world championship with Sonny Liston. I had the good luck of flying down to Miami, and there was one empty seat, and the guy sitting next to this empty seat was Malcolm X.
William Klein
Good
Fight
World
Down
Luck
Ali
Everything
Good Luck
Flying
Guy
Had
Sonny
Empty
Around
Making
Malcolm
Malcolm X
Miami
Sitting
Next
Muhammad
Muhammad Ali
World Championship
Film
Seat
Championship
I was fascinated by the Black Panthers because I'd been in contact with the Nation of Islam, thanks to Muhammad Ali, and their way of talking was that the whites were the devil, and they'd get rid of them once they took over.
William Klein
Black
Devil
Islam
Nation
Thanks
Ali
Took
Once
Way
Contact
Over
Talking
Because
Were
Been
Get
Them
Whites
Muhammad
Muhammad Ali
Rid
Fascinated
When I made 'Polly Maggoo,' it was more or less the end of this collaboration with 'Vogue' because I made a caricature of the editor-in-chief and the fashion people, so they didn't really adore me.
William Klein
Fashion
Me
People
Made
Caricature
Collaboration
More
Vogue
More Or Less
Adore
Because
End
Really
Less
I had no real respect for good technique because I didn't know what it was. I was self-taught, so that stuff didn't matter to me.
William Klein
Good
Me
Respect
Matter
Had
Stuff
Know
Because
Real
Self-Taught
Technique
I wasn't part of any movement. I was working alone, following my instinct.
William Klein
Alone
Following
Part
Instinct
Any
Movement
Working
Photography led me to experiment in graphic work and, actually, painting.
William Klein
Work
Me
Photography
Experiment
Painting
Led
Graphic
Actually
When you use film, you use accidents, but there aren't any accidents with digital photography. I don't mind that it's easy. But I do mind that there is a sort of consensus with the camera and the subject and the light, and you look at something, and you photograph it, and you get what you see.
William Klein
You
Photography
Light
Mind
Digital
Accidents
Photograph
Easy
See
Something
Look
Sort
Camera
Subject
Get
Any
Use
Film
Consensus
The digital camera takes photographs in practically no light: it will dig out the least bit of light available. I was amazed to see the results of photographs that I wouldn't take ordinarily. That's the advantage of digital photography.
William Klein
Photography
Light
Digital
Will
Dig
Bit
Out
Photographs
See
Results
Take
Takes
Advantage
Practically
Least
Amazed
Camera
Ordinarily
Available
I grew up in Manhattan. For Manhattanites, Brooklyn was the sticks, a second-rate civilization. My friends and I, we were so snobby. Living in the Bronx or Brooklyn was incredible... for me, that was like a foreign country.
William Klein
Me
Country
Living
Second-Rate
Incredible
Bronx
Brooklyn
Civilization
Like
Sticks
Foreign
Foreign Country
Were
Up
Friends
Snobby
Manhattan
Grew
As a kid, I wanted to be part of the Lost Generation who came to France.
William Klein
Generation
Lost
France
Kid
Part
Came
Wanted
Who
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