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LL/4682
William Klein
1955
Gun 1, New York

Gelatin silver print
50 x 60 cm
 
Fahey / Klein Gallery
William Klein, 1995, New York 1954-55, (Marval)
Well, to start with, I'm getting tired of seeing it in print and, in addition, misread. It's fake violence, a parody. I asked the boy to point the gun at me and look tough. He did, and then we both laughed, which the next frame shows. Knowing this, I see it in another context. And even more, another: as a double self-portrait. I was both the street kid trying to look tough and the timid, good little boy on the right.

 
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