One of William Klein's early mentors, artist Fernand Leger, told him: "Get out of the galleries. Look at buildings; go out onto the street." That is exactly what Klein did — and he went on to become ...

Image: 20.67 x 14.96 in. (52.5 x 38 cm.) After a stint in the military, William Klein studied abstract painting at Sorbonne in Paris under Fernand Léger, who often encouraged him to leave the studio ...

His innovative portraiture style strongly influenced fashion and street photography. By The Associated Press William Klein, an American photographer whose innovative portraiture style strongly ...

The influential American-born photographer, filmmaker, painter and graphic designer died Saturday in his adopted city of Paris. One of William Klein's early mentors, artist Fernand Leger, told him: ...

PARIS — William Klein, an American photographer whose innovative portraiture style strongly influenced fashion and street photography in the second half of the 20th century, has died at 96. Klein died ...