Steven Klein
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His photos of Brad Pitt seem to have finally pushed him into the brightest limelight:
If Steven Klein’s photographs are often punishing takes on pop culture—and on the pop artists themselves—it may be that we all secretly wish to be punished for what we love. The fashion industry, likewise, seems eager to submit to Klein’s gentle sadism: It’s when he’s cared the least about fashion that he’s been most celebrated as a fashion photographer.
“The thing that gets frustrating about fashion,” Klein says, “is that as a photographer you always want to grab on to something that reflects what’s happening in the world, what’s in the street. You don’t want to just fabricate these dream lives of these idealistic Barbie dolls that don’t even exist anymore.”
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