William Klein’s Unseen Photographs of Africa

A new show exhibits a rediscovered series of photographs Klein took on assignment in the early 1960s across West Africa, some never-before-seen.

Agadez, Niger, 1963 © William Klein

In 1963, the photographer William Klein packed his bags and got on a plane bound for Western Africa. Across Niger and Senegal, Klein focused his lens on brightly hued fashions and landscapes under honey-colored li...

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