Stanley Kubrick’s New York | VandM

Stanley Kubrick is one of my favourite filmmakers. There's no doubt he was a gifted storyteller and his vision led him to direct some of the best films ever made.

But before getting into the moving image, Kubrick was also a talented still photographer. As VandM's explains:

Even at the age of 17, Kubrick was an immense talent. In 1945, for $25, he sold a photograph to Look magazine of a broken-hearted newsvendor reacting to the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A few months later Kubrick joined Look’s staff to become the youngest staff photographer in the magazine’s history. He continued to work for Look until 1950 when he left to pursue filmmaking.

VandM and The Museum of the City of New York have gone through thousands of Kubrick's negatives and selected a series of 25 photographs to put up for sale. Amazing work.