As an artist using photography, he set out to re-invent the photographic document. His photos, often blurred or out of focus, his high-contrast prints (his negatives were often severely over-exposed), his use of high-grain film and wide angles shocked the established order of the photography world and he earned a reputation as an anti-photographer's photographer. Inspired by moholy-nagy and kepes, he began to experiment with juxtaposing abstract painting and photography. Alexander liberman, painter and director of 'vogue' america met klein at one of klein's parisian sculpture shows and was fascinated, both by his sculpture (kinetic light panels on photosensitive glass)and by the photographs klein had recently begun to take. he invited klein to come to new york to discuss a job.
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