I have always done the opposite of what I was trained to do... Having little technical background, I became a photographer. Adopting a machine, I do my utmost to make it malfunction. For me, to make a photograph is to make an anti-photograph.
William KleinI 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, photography.
William KleinBe yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work.
William KleinI 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 itโs the first time and as if I would have to relearn the moves. Luckily, it comes pretty fast, like riding a bike.
William Klein