Trending Now - Stanley Kubrick’s Photos Of New York In The 1940s Show His Incredible Talent When He Was Just 17
Before Stanley Kubrick directed arguably some of the best movies ever made like “2001: Space Odyssey” or “The Shining,” he was a simple teenager in New York looking for a job. But even then, when the 17-year-old got his hands on a photo camera, he couldn’t hide the talent within.
Bored Panda has gathered a collection of his photos of New York from 1945 to 1950, when he was working in the Look magazine. During that time Stanley got many insights into what makes a photograph work: “I think aesthetically recording spontaneous action, rather than carefully posing a picture, is the most valid and expressive use of photography.”
He quickly made a name for himself by telling stories through photos, which eventually led him to moving pictures and his place in the filmmakers’ hall of fame.
Oh, and if you’re into street photography as well, let Stanley himself give you a tip: “Think up ideas for stories, go out and shoot them, and then send them into the magazines. I was lucky; I figured that out when I was young.”
(h/t: vintage everyday)
People on escalators in a subway station, 1940, New York
1940, New York
1940, New York
Shoe Shine Boy, 1940, New York
Shoe Shine Boy, 1940, New York
Circus Side Show Performer, 1948, New York
Young Girl at Palisades Amusement Park, 1946, New York
Couple playing footsies on a subway, 1946, New York
Changing the Tire, 1946, New York
Shoe Shine Boys (Vendor), 1947,New York
Shoe Shine Boys (On Fence), 1947, New York
Shoe Shine Boy, 1940, New York
1940, New York
1940, New York
High Wire Act, 1948, New York
Self portrait with showgirl Rosemary Williams, 1948, New York
Film Crew, 1947, New York
Circus Woman With Rollerskating Monkey, 1948, New York
Shoe Shine Boys, 1947, New York
General Dwight D. Eisenhower at Columbia University, 1948, New York
Mens Fashion Show, 1948, New York
Police Athletic League Boxing, 1946, New York
Girl with Dolls, 1947, New York
Boxer Walter Cartier, 1948, New York
Showgirls at the Copacabana Club, 1948, New York
Laboratory at Columbia University, 1948, New York
Johnny Grant, 1946, New York
Man carrying flowers on a crowded subway, 1946, New York
Women in a subway car, 1946, New York
Woman waiting on a subway platform, 1946, New York
Men sleeping in a subway car, 1946, New York
Passengers in a subway car, 1946, New York
Passengers reading in a subway car, 1946, New York
Passengers in a subway car, 1946, New York
Walking the Streets of New York, 1946, New York
Shoe Shine Boy, 1940, New York
Johnny on the Spot, 1946, New York
Passengers in a subway car, 1946, New York
Woman knitting on a subway, 1946, New York
Passengers in a subway car, 1946, New York
Passengers in a subway car, 1946, New York
Waiting at the Dentistu2019s Office, New York
Student at Columbia University, 1948, New York
Betsy Von Furstenberg, 1949, New York
Rosemary playing cards in the dressing room
People browsing through magazine racks at a busy sidewalk newsstand, 1947, New York
Walter Cartier drinking a beverage, 1948, New York
Rosemary Williams at a restaurant with two men
Guy Lombardo on a dock, 1947-1948, New York
Rocky Graziano with two men by a sign for the Middleweight Championship fight between Tony Zale and Marcel Cerdan
at an outdoor cafe with a woman, 1948, New York
Shoe Shine Boy, Portrait of Mickey, 1947
Man exiting train, 1948
Rocky Graziano talking to a policeman on a street
Rocky Graziano talking to a policeman on a street
Women walking near the train, 1948
Woman on the train platform, 1948
Men with German Shepherd on a dock, 1949
Man studying in a library, 1948, Columbia University
Doorman walking dog
Dogs in a convertible
Students drawing a nude model in an art class, 1948, Columbia University
Man by a garbage can
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
Woman watching model being painted for the billboard
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Audience waiting in line to get into a recording of “Grand Slam”
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
Painter tying rope around the model’s waist, 1947
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
Couple Sleeping In A Subway Car, 1940s
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
Couple In A Subway Car, 1940s
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
Man Carrying Flowers On A Crowded Subway, 1946
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
Passengers In A Subway Car, 1940s
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
Woman Waiting On A Subway Platform, 1940s
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
Men Sleeping In A Subway Car, 1946
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
Passengers In A Subway Car, 1940s
Image credits: Stanley Kubrick
