Born in New York, William Klein is an innovative photographer and filmmaker, respected for his contributions to American Vogue during the 1950s and 1960s. Following his service in the military during World War II, Klein studied art in Paris with the French painter Fernand Léger. In 1954, a series of Klein’s kinetic sculptures brought him to the attention of the art director at Vogue. Klein’s passion for street photography reoriented the direction of fashion photography; he photographed his models outside the studio. He also designed and produced a number of photo books of his personal work. In 1965, Klein left Vogue to return to Paris, where he redirected his focus toward filmmaking.
The Settlement Cook Book, first published in 1901 as a pamphlet, soon became a mainstay of American domestic culture and was published in more than forty editions before its final publication in 1991…