Moscow through the eyes of cult photographer William Klein (PHOTOS)

Gateway to Russia

Feb 21 2023

This American-born French photographer is famous as a pioneer of fashion photography and working for Vogue magazine. He is also known for his photo reports on various cities around the world. Below are some great photos he took in the USSR’s capital in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Bikini, 1959

William Klein/MAMM/MDF

Moscow through the eyes of cult photographer William Klein (PHOTOS)

Bikini, 1959

Gorky Park, 1959

Belorussky railway station, busts of Lenin and Stalin, 1959

Moscow fashion, 1959

Ping pong, 1960

Snow, sleds, chairs

Alexandra Yablochkina, the Russian Sarah Bernhardt, 1960

Meeting of the Theater Workers’ Union, 1961

A group of people standing during the May Day parade, 1961

KBG supervising at the May 1 parade, 1961