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Stanley Kubrick's Photography

A set of gorgeous photographs by Stanley Kubrick at the Chicago Times website. The photos are here: Photos The story is here: Story

Stanley Kubrick gives Chicago a Look
Rare, unpublished photos reveal the early visual handiwork of a great filmmaker

Few people know that before he started making movies, Stanley Kubrick was a star photojournalist.

Six weeks after graduating from high school, Kubrick went to work for Look magazine the way other kids went to college.

Much later, Kubrick called his job at Look "a miraculous break." It taught him a lot about photography, but more that that, Look "gave me a quick education in how things happened in the world." In the summer of 1949, Look sent him to Chicago to shoot the pictures for a story by Irv Kupcinet. He brought back 40 rolls of film and a rare record of his own education as a filmmaker.

Here is one:
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Pump Room of Ambassador East, Chicago 1949
Original caption: Diners in the fabulous Pump Room of Ambassador East, however, think little of paying $10 for lunch.

Hat tip to BoingBoing If the Chicago Tribune website asks for registration, use Bug Me Not for a password. Posted by DaveH at June 8, 2005 6:11 PM