William Klein

I have done a quick Google search on William Klein and have been looking at his black and white images in relation to how to make my own images less flat and more dramatic. As with Brandt and Moriyama, the intensity of the tonal range in Klein's work is striking. His use of light is remarkable, highlighting the subject of the images and drawing attention exactly where he wants us to look. The other areas are then contrasted to be darker, more in shadow and less obvious to the viewer, as though to hide the areas of unimportance.
I was looking through the images available on the gallery Fifty One website and paid particular interest to the street photography images. Even with a wide angle, Klein does not waste any area of the photograph. The images are tightly framed to the subjects, and only wider if there is an area of importance in the background. As with Moriyama, some of Klein's images are grainy and show movement blur - highlighting the fact that the images are not staged in any way and have been captured in a moment.

As I have said when looking at the work of Klein, as well as Moriyama and Brandt, these photographers have encouraged me to embrace the black and white processing of my own work. I need to use the light to highlight my subject, where possible, and not be afraid to lose unnecessary detail when processing into black and white, in an attempt to create more depth to my photographs. I've also learned that my images do not need to be perfect in terms of clarity. It's ok to produce images with blurring and grain if I need to and not to worry too much about making a clear and concise image when trying to capture an image discreetly.
I will take the influences from these photographers from now on in, not only, taking my images but also in post processing them too.

Bibliography:
Artnet.com, (2016), William Klein [Online], Available at: http://www.artnet.com/artists/william-klein/, [Accessed 21st December 2016]
Beetles + Huxley.com, (2016), Willian Klein [Online], Available at: http://www.beetlesandhuxley.com/artists/william-klein-born-1928.html, [Accessed 21st December 2016]
Gallery51.com, (2016), William Klein [Online], Available at: http://www.gallery51.com/index.php?navigatieid=9&fotograafid=46, [Accessed 21st December 2016]
International Center of Photography .org, (2016), William Klein [Online], Available at: https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/william-klein?all/all/all/all/0, [Accessed 21st December 2016]
Moroz, S., (2014), William Klein: 'My pictures showed everything I resented about America' [Online], Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/06/william-klein-my-pictures-showed-everything-i-resented-about-america, [Accessed 21st December 2016]