Stanley Kubrick - Photographer?

Nice work by Kubrick, thanks for sharing.
I also enjoyed the "Vintage Mugshots of the 1920"

 

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.

 

You can see the camera he uses in the mirror self portrait. Some kind of rangefinder maybe?

 

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...

 

Stunning. There is a movie in each of those 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.

 

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?:

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and the one time look of Peter Jackson:

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