Everyone is familiar with the cinema work of Stanley Kubrick, so I was surprised and pleased to find this article about his work as a photographer for Look magazine in the 1940s. A fine selection of images! Stanley Kubrick's New York: Incredible Photos of Life in the 40s
Those photos have the unique and amazing signature of a Rolleiflex TLR, the best camera ever made, am I wrong? In Kubrick's Dr Strangelove somebody mentions the Japanese photo cameras and how great they are, the guy loved photography.
Nice images. He certainly had an eye for cameras, whether they be motion picture cameras or still photography cameras. Fine artist!
Most of those photos are made with a MF 6x6 camera. The look reminds me the tessar lens of my rolleiflex T.
That's a Leica iii in the photograph and that is what he usually used. I don't know what camera he used for the 6x6 shots. Actually, I just googled it...he did use a Rollei for the medium format shots...
A great film of his to watch is Barry Lyndon which was shot with only available light. Of his lenses he used a F/.95 lens that was made for NASA in a scene that was lit by a wall of candles. The bokeh of the candles flickering is so beautiful, like a sea of orange. I believe Barry Lyndon was also his first film to have a zoom on set. I think of all his films, Lyndon is the most appealing to a still photographer.
SPOT. ON. I found myself drawn to these images, imagining the story behind the scene. These photos are cinematic.
It was a custom-made f0.7 lens he used! You are right about the zoom. There is a fair amount about this film here: JOHN ALCOTT Also here, but there are spoilers: Barry Lyndon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The film is WELL worth seeing. It is not, perhaps, what you expect of a Kubrick film. Also worth seeing is his first proper film "Killer's Kiss". Like so many of his other films, it bridges that gap between still and motion photography: almost any single shot is so perfectly composed.
If you are in Brussels, the capital of Europe, before June, 30th, you can enjoy a major exhibition of Kubrick's photographic work in the Fine Arts Museum LES EXPOSITIONS I plan visiting the exhibition next weekend ! c u Rafael
Great photos. Have you ever noticed the similarity between Kubrick and the author Salman Rushdie?: {} and the one time look of Peter Jackson: {}
