William Klein was born April 19, 1928 in New York City into a poor Jewish family. He is 84 years old right now. Though he was born in America Klein has lived and worked in France since i his late teens. Trained as a painter, Klein studied under Fernand Legerand and found success with exhibitions of his work. However, he soon moved on to photography and achieved widespread fame as a fashion photographer for Vogue and for his photo essays on various cities. Without having any training as a photographer, Klein won the Prix Nadar in 1957. He was ranked 25th on Professional Photographer's Top 100 most influential photographers. He has made over 250 televison commercials and directed many short and feature-length documentaries.
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