Another Photographer: Steven Klein

“Portraiture in the past has been regarded as a documentation of a person but for me it is a documentation of the encounter between myself and the subject. It is not meant to reveal them, nor is it meant to subject them to an X-ray” — Steven Klein

I’m not one for artist statements or philosophy of photography nonsense, but if I had to pick something that describes how I feel about the whole thing, see above. I have mixed feelings about Steven Klein’s work as a photographer. As a subscriber to W Magazine, I see his work quite often. Two of my least favourite editorial spreads in the mag over the last couple years have been by Klein: Madonna Rides Again, 2006 (boring) and Scarlett and Natalie, 2008 (looking like tranny mannequins). Both can be found on Klein’s website.