Steven Klein
Steven Klein
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth30 April 1965
CountryUnited States of America
donate ill mentally near patients teaching time
There was a mental institution near my house, and I would donate time teaching mentally ill patients how to do ceramics. I photographed them as well. So those were my first pictures.
looked men work
Men work on their bodies. They want to be looked at.
backyard built digging morning six taking
I was digging in the backyard to get my own clay and making pottery. And then I started taking pictures and built my own darkroom. I would go out at six in the morning and just take pictures.
bad gave
I was a loser, a bad kid, I wasn't really into anything, and then someone gave me a camera and I found that this was the thing I wanted to do.