Joshua Klein is a photographer and visual director whose career spans decades and continents, rooted in a lifelong commitment to the craft of black-and-white photography. He earned his BFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design — studying in both Paris and New York under the mentorship of Civil Rights photographer Benedict Fernandez, fashion legend Lillian Bassman, and art director Henry Wolf.  Following graduation, he joined Ralph Lauren, where he spent a decade rising to become the brand’s in-house photographer and deepening his command of visual storytelling.

Relocating to California, Klein brought his photographic eye to the broader world of visual direction, spending fifteen years re-imagining the historic Malibu Pier and shaping the identity of the bespoke line One Moon — work that took him back to Paris designing a vitrine at the gallery of the Hôtel Ritz.

Throughout his career he has built an extensive body of fine art black-and-white work, with portfolios spanning Paris, Havana, Versailles, Mali, Namibia, Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and the American West. His work has been exhibited at the Surfrider Gallery in Malibu, the Bolinas Gallery, and LA Art Exchange in Santa Monica, and is currently on view at a gallery on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris.