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William Klein

攝影家 William Klein,1928 年出生於美國紐約的猶太家庭,擅長時尚及街頭攝影,經常在媒材及拍攝方式上進行攝影實驗,其獨特的影像風格樹立起街拍的典範,影響了森山大道等日後的攝影師。 William Klein 小時候便嶄露對藝術的喜愛,14 歲時進入 City College of New York 主修社會學,第二次世界大戰期間他加入美軍,前往德國及法國前線作戰。戰後,他於 1948 年前往法國就讀索邦大學,隨後開始向藝術家 Fernand Léger 學習繪畫,並對抽象畫及雕塑相當感興趣。1952 年在米蘭兩次成功的個展讓他開啟了與建築師 Angelo Mangiarotti 的合作,共同進行許多機動藝術(kinetic art)相關的實驗。 1950 年代起,他開始從事攝影,起初為時尚雜誌《Vogue》工作。即便沒有接受過正規的攝影訓練,1957 年出版的攝影書《New Read more...

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Names of Rain

Names of Rain

Yukio Sakaue

In "Names of Rain," Yukio Sakaue focuses on the beauty of a rainy day. As Sakaue mentions in his afterword, the Japanese language has different names for different kinds of rain, from kosame (light rain) to kirisame (foggy rain) to harusame (spring rain). But in his photographs of rural towns, overgrown concrete structures, and vegetation, each instance of rain becomes its own event, tra View more...