I don't roam around with a camera and never did. I took pictures in spurts, for my books, for some assignments or on special occasions. Like people who take out their cameras for Christmas and birthdays. Each time, like them, probably, I feel it’s the first time and as if I would have to relearn the moves. Luckily, it comes pretty fast, like riding a bike.
Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work. - William Klein
Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work.
- William Klein
Anybody who pretends to be objective isn't realistic. - William Klein
Anybody who pretends to be objective isn't realistic.
I was a make believe ethnographer: treating New Yorkers like an explorer would treat Zulus - searching for the rawest snapshot, the zero degree of ph… - William Klein
I was a make believe ethnographer: treating New Yorkers like an explorer would treat Zulus - searching for the rawest snapshot, the zero degree of ph…
I have always loved the amateur side of photography, automatic photographs, accidental photographs with uncentered compositions, heads cut off, whate… - William Klein
I have always loved the amateur side of photography, automatic photographs, accidental photographs with uncentered compositions, heads cut off, whate…
I don't roam around with a camera and never did. I took pictures in spurts, for my books, for some assignments or on special occasions. Like people w… - William Klein
I don't roam around with a camera and never did. I took pictures in spurts, for my books, for some assignments or on special occasions. Like people w…
Sometimes, I'd take shots without aiming, just to see what happened. I'd rush into crowds - bang! bang! ... It must be close to what a fighter feels … - William Klein
Sometimes, I'd take shots without aiming, just to see what happened. I'd rush into crowds - bang! bang! ... It must be close to what a fighter feels …
I feel like I'm doing something that's worthwhile. I feel like I'm showing something other people haven't shown. I don't get to talk to the people wh… - William Klein
I feel like I'm doing something that's worthwhile. I feel like I'm showing something other people haven't shown. I don't get to talk to the people wh…
I thought New York had it coming, that it needed a kick in the balls. When I returned to New York, I wanted to get even. Now I had a weapon, photogra… - William Klein
I thought New York had it coming, that it needed a kick in the balls. When I returned to New York, I wanted to get even. Now I had a weapon, photogra…
What would please me most is to make photographs as incomprehensible as life. - William Klein
What would please me most is to make photographs as incomprehensible as life.
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