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Book SynopsisFrom the perspective of his 90 years of age, from the height of being a legend in photography, William Klein looks back and selects his favourite works, those that he considers to be the best in his whole career, in order to pay homage to photography itself. This book, not by chance titled Celebration, is a tour to his most emblematic works: unique instants captured in New York, Rome, Moscow and Paris, in powerful black and white or striking colour. A true celebration of photography. This volume also includes a text by the author in which he reflects upon photographic art and explains what prompted him to make this sort of director’s cut, this exceptionally personal selection, which brings together the works that, in his view, have made a contribution to the world of photography. A small-format but high-voltage volume that, page after page, makes it clear why Klein is one of the summits of contemporary photography.
Trade ReviewAn impressively selected, organized and presented compendium of memorable photograph images by a true master of the visual media, "William Klein: Celebration" should be considered as an essential and core addition to any serious personal, professional, community, or academic library Contemporary American Photography collection. * Midwest Book Review *
Klein seamless weaves documentary and commercial work, underscoring the ubiquity of the image in our construction of life, and the way that images become memories whether we were there when they were made or not — giving us this small format volume that hits like a Muhammad Ali punch. -- Miss Rosen * Feature Shoot *
This book, appropriately titled Celebration, provides a tour of his most emblematic works, traversing New York, Rome, Moscow, Madrid and Paris, in powerful black and white or striking color. * L'Oeil de la Photographie *
In William Klein: Celebration, he selects the images that he considers to be the very best he has made over the course of his long career, in order to pay homage to the medium of photography itself. -- Tora Baker * Creative Boom *
