Stanley Kubrick Photographs. Through a Different Lens Taschen Book

The young Kubrick’s photographic essays for Look magazineIn 1945, at just 17 years old, Stanley Kubrick became a staff photographer for Look magazine. His humanist slice-of-life features celebrate his native New York City and already reveal a burgeoning creative genius. Through a Different Lens features around 300 of his images, many previously unseen, as well as an introduction by noted photography critic Lucy Sante. This book reveals Kubrick's keen and evocative vision in a range of feature stories and images, from everyday folk at the laundromat to a day in the life of a debutant, from a trip to the circus to Columbia University.These still photographs attest to Kubrick’s innate talent for compelling storytelling, and serve as clear indicators of how this genius would soon transition to making some of the greatest movies of all time. The author Lucy Sante teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. She is a frequent contributor to