Stanley Kubrick Photographer of the Week

In 1945, Stanley Kubrick became a photojournalist at the age of 17. He signed on as a staff photographer with “Look” magazine, which at the time was a photographic competitor to Henry Luce’s “Life”, when they acquired Kubrick’s first photo of a newspaper vendor looking glum the day after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945. In 1946, after Kubrick graduated from high school, Look hired him as an apprentice and paid him $50 a week.

Towards the end of his tenure at Look, Kubrick shot two feature layouts for the magazine covering the boxers Rocky Graziano and Walter Cartier. Kubrick later made Cartier the subject of his first film, “The Day of the Fight.” The photographic work for Look became the storyboard for the film, enabling Kubrick to work out the scenes, camera angles, framing, and lighting. Kubrick maintained this practice of storyboarding from photographs throughout his life.”

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.

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