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1. Sandra, Times Square, 2. Anne St. Marie, Brooklyn Bridge New York, 1959 (for Vogue) Excerpt from the text "Fashion" written by Raphaëlle Stopin for the forthcoming Dear Folks exhibition catalogue: (…) Driven by the emergence of ready-to-wear clothing and the transformation of fashion into an industry, fashion photography and major titles such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar were experiencing their golden age. Their artistic directors, notably Alexander Liberman and Alexey Brodovitch, trained in the pre-war European avant-garde, had great artistic ambitions for the creative space that the magazine constituted and chose to open their pages to artists. Klein thus enjoyed great freedom in his practice. Soon after, he took the model into the street. Allowing its energy and accidents to occur in the image, he illustrated the contrast between two worlds. Gradually, he seized on emerging societal issues and seemed to comment on the fashion image itself in his fashion series, by demultiplying the woman's body with mirrors or annihilating the identity of the people around the model by erasing the faces. (…) Exhibition on view at Museum Hanmi in Séoul https://www.howardgreenberg.com/news-and-views/william-klein-dear-folks @raphaellestopin @museumhanmi #vogue #fashion #fashionphotography #fashionphotographer #mode #model #mannequin #danslarue #inthestreets #masterofphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #noiretblanc #noiretblancphotographie #alexanderliberman #alexeybrodovitch #harpersbazaar #mirrors #miroir #newyork #1959