Large editioned works and unique painted contacts
Following his Retrospective at Tate Modern last year, the Michael Hoppen Gallery is hosting an exhibition of large editioned works and unique painted contacts by William Klein. A combination of both Klein's reportage and fashion prints, the exhibition is a testament to the daring photographic techniques that secured him fame in both genres. William Klein is one of the 20th century's most important photographers and filmmakers. As an artist using photography, Klein set out to re-invent the photographic document. His images, often blurred or out of focus, his high contrast prints, his use of high-grain film and wide angles shocked the established order of the photography world, earning him a reputation as an anti-photographer's photographer.