{"product_id":"william-klein-painted-contacts","title":"William Klein: Painted Contacts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExplore photographer William Klein's seminal work, now available in a compact and attractively priced edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking at the nexus of painting and photography, William Klein conceived this original series when he was in the process of reviewing other photographers' contact sheets for a film he was making. Referencing the age of film photography, when photographers selected images by circling individual negatives on a contact sheet with brightly colored grease pencils, Klein's works invent a new kind of art object that organically marries painting and photography. The resulting pieces are enormous mural-sized works in which bold, kinetic color frames and reframes enlarged black-and-white images from throughout his career. Klein's iconic fashion and street photography, always gritty and bold, is given a new immediacy and relevance in this second life. In his foreword to this edition, Klein describes these works as \"all brush strokes and jubilation. The jubilation of painting recall[s] the celebration of taking the photo.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555514552377,"sku":"210000001632","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/0872\/9145\/files\/51aiclfy1l-sx355-bo1204203200.jpg?v=1790278927","url":"https:\/\/shop.icp.org\/products\/william-klein-painted-contacts","provider":"International Center of Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}