William Klein as born in the United States.           Red Blue Green Ellsworth Kelly	Printer-friendly PDF (1.1mb) Who is the artist? William Klein What is the name of the artwork? Kids and Baseball Cards, New York What materials were used? Gelatin silver print Where is the artist from? United States When was the artwork made? 1954 William Klein’s photographs have been popular in Europe for many years, but they have only recently become appreciated in America. As a fashion and fine art photographer, he has been questioned about not using traditional photographic techniques. For example, he often likes to blur or crop his images, which creates the feeling that you are part of the action. Klein was born in the United States but has lived in Europe since 1948. Kids and Baseball Cards was made when he visited New York in 1954 for a short time. In this photograph, Klein has cut out a few of the children’s bodies along all four edges of the picture and lowers himself to take the picture at the same height as the kids. This viewpoint makes the viewer feel like he or she is surrounded by this group of children. When was this picture taken? What makes you think that? Where and how is the photographer standing? How can you tell? How many kids are there in the picture? How do you think they feel? Sad? Happy? Gelatin silver print - Technical name for black and white photographs.	William Klein United States , born 1928 Kids and Baseball Cards, New York Gelatin silver print, 1954 Collection Museum of Photographic Arts Museum purchase 1987.015.001 ©William Klein, Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, NYC © Museum of Photographic Arts   1927 Television invented 1928 Klein born in the United States 1933 First modern airplane flies with passengers 1945 World War II ends 1954 Klein photographs Kids and Baseball Cards, New York 1962 Seat belt invented
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