Private Collection is a four-volume box set of provocative photobooks by American photographer Steven Klein. They contain staged images and scenarios he says ‘were never meant to be seen.’
The set starts with Cut Throats before moving onto Dildos, Death Kit and ending with Photo Booth, each volume ending its story seemingly unfinished, open or vague, forcing readers to piece it all together. The books allow a glimpse world that Klein regards as ‘private, pervasive’ and ‘sometimes violent’, describing them as ‘confessional’ works of fiction.
IDEA, archival box with gloss sticker, containing 4 softcover books, 21cm x 28 cm, edition of 1000, 2025