Author Description

"In 1956, a 28-year old William Klein arrived in Rome to assist Federico Fellini on his film Nights of Cabiria (1957). When the start of filming was delayed, Klein spent his time strolling about the city with Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia, and other avant-garde Italian writers and artists serving as his guides. It was on these walks that Rome, a radical and brilliant visual diary of the city, was born. First published in 1959, Klein's Rome features quirky extended captions interspersed with observations about the city by Stendhal, Michelet, Mark Twain, Henry James, and others. This beautifully produced edition includes Klein's never-before-seen fashion pictures made in Rome, along with new and updated text by the photographer"--Publisher's website.