1972, Philadelphia.

I have been fascinated with photography since childhood.  As a boy, I watched my older brother, John, create images in a makeshift darkroom, our bathroom.  During my first year of college at the University of Pennsylvania, I bought a Pentax K500 single-lens reflex camera and started shooting.  In 1974, I attended a course at C.J. Pressma’s Center for Photographic Studies in Louisville, and that’s when I got excited about photography.  Back at school, I joined the staff of The Daily Pennsylvanian and eventually became one of the photo editors. Many a night was spent in the DP darkroom.

For many years, other goals and challenges kept me away from photography.  I attended law school at the University of Louisville, pursued a career as a lawyer, served as President of The Temple, and was a father to a growing family of five children.  My keen interest in photography, however, has persisted though these major life events.  

In the past 15 years, as my children have grown older, I invested in digital technology and picked up the pace of my photographic practice.  I now explore photography eagerly and constantly.  I seek out beautiful places, street scenes, architecture and experimentation for my photographs.  Subjects often include notes of irony, interesting form and story-telling, inspired by color, natural beauty, and Americana.  These photographs can include landscapes or signs, buildings or beaches.

I believe that a photographer often sees the world differently, noticing the unusual juxtaposition of things or the visual order of the world, with an eye toward capturing and sharing them.  I find joy in being able to do that and constantly strive to realize my vision with greater technical and artistic skill. 

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I am a Louisville native and a Louisville Cardinals fan through and through.  Louisville First, Cardinals Forever.

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Contact me at robertok@me.com.

Prints of some of my images are for sale.  Go to Robert Klein's Fine Art America page. If there are any you see here you would like, please let me know and I will make arrangements.