Week 2

Stanley Kubrick
At 17 years of age, he became a photojournalist. (When he sold his first image to "Look Magazine.")
During his time at "Look", he completed about 300 assignments. There is currently an exhibit at the Museum of New York which is displaying his early photography, and leads up to his days as a filmmaker. Once he stepped into film, he became an award winning director/cinematographer.

What stands out most about his early photography was the subject matter. He seemed to focus on capturing moments of action centered around people. Whether it's a thought, or eating a hot dog, you know something happens next, as if he is leading you where he wants to, much like he did with his films.

Stanley Kubrick has been nominated 13 time for an Oscar, 4 times for a Golden Globe, and 8 times for the BAFTA's. He has won 1 Oscar, and 2 BAFTA's.

-www.nytimes.com
-imdb.com
-www.diyphotography.net

Kubrick’s snapshot of a New York subway car filled with sleeping passengers, 1947.CreditSK Film Archives/Museum of the City of New York
















"It's What I Do," is fast paced and tension filled so far. I'm impressed with not just Addario's courage to continue what she does, but the courage of all the photojournalists that continue shooting after they've been taken hostage... MORE THAN ONCE!

Whether its a double portrait, or a war scene, Addario gives the feel of telling a narrative. Her work isn't just a picture for the sake of a picture, but a story bound into the borders of her photos. By reading about her work, you can tell the photojournalism isn't a point and shoot job. You need to train yourself to take the best shots and almost know about things before they happen. To apply it to myself would be learning as much as I can about opportunity and knowing where to start with certain assignments.

"...because if you make one mistake in New York, no one will give you a second chance," has to be my favorite quote. It is said by Miguel, and fits most situations in most of our lives. I feel we don't live in a very forgiving society, be it in New York, or anywhere else.

"Italian men bathing on the streets of Calcutta at dawn, 2000," is one of my favorites so far. There seems to be so much going on, yet it revolves around a single activity. It feels multi layered in context.