Who is Steven Klein, the fashion photographer behind the new Skims campaign?
With the announcement of the forthcoming opening of Skims stores, Kim Kardashian
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“Steven and I have collaborated on so many iconic images over the years and I’m grateful that we once again have partnered on Skims for the new swim campaign,” said Kardashian, co-founder and creative director of Skims. “His creative touch and vision for this collection are exactly what make him the incredible photographer he is today.”
Born in 1961, Klein began his photographic career in the early 1990’s in Paris, before moving to New York City where he still lives. For 30 years, Klein has shot high-profile advertising campaigns for various names including Calvin KleinDolce & GabbanaAlexander McQueenLouis VuittonBalenciagaNikeVoguei-DRihannaMadonnaKate MossTom Ford
Klein also produced in 2008 the French calendar for the ‘Dieux du Stade’ (Gods of the Stadium), a yearly publication which highlights French rugby athletes, and came out with its first monograph the same year published by Phaidon.
Steve Klein’s provocative and sexually charged photographies have also been exhibited in several museums. The first was at Deitch Projects in 2003, before a first solo show at the Gagosian Gallery in 2005 where he worked with actors Brad PittAngelina Jolie
“As a photographer I am inspired in collaborating with icons,” said Steven Klein. “Icons exert a magnetic pull that allows the viewer to superimpose a dream reality, a kind of hyper existence. Icons are symbols, the alphabet of desire. Kim speaks this language. Our work together has been an exploration of the power of the image, the beauty of experimentation/the alchemical process of Icon.”
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