Stanley Kubrick, the photographer

Stanley Kubrick ha pasado a la historia por ser uno de los mayores directores de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Con una filmografía excepcional y obras maestras como El Resplandor, 2001: Una Odisea en el Espacio, La Naranja Mecánica, Lolita o Barry Lyndon; el cineasta americano demostró que ningún género se le resistía y que era capaz de afrontar cualquier proyecto a la perfección. Sin embargo, una de las facetas más desconocidas de Stanley Kubrick es la de fotógrafo. Siempre armado con su cámara de fotos, antes de adentrarse en el mundo de las imágenes en movimiento empezó a experimentar con instantáneas de blanco y negro. Ahora, el Museum of the City of New York rinde homenaje a las fotografías de Stanley Kubrick abriendo su colección de fotografías de Stanley Kubrick al público a través de su página web. El metro de Nueva York, el parque de atracciones de Coney Island o las zonas más desfavorecidas de la Gran Manzana serían de escenario para retratar los neoyorquinos tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Stanley Kubrick plays an important role in the history for being one of the most important film directors of the second half of XX century. With an exceptional filmography and master pieces like “The Shining”, “2001: A Space Odyssey”, “A Clockwork Orange”, “Lolita” or “Barry Lyndon”, the American filmmaker has shown that no genre would resist him and that he was capable to handle any project inside out. However, one of the unknown aspects of Stanley Kubrick is being a photographer. Always armed with a camera, before going into the world of moving pictures, he began to experiment with black and white snapshots. Now, the Museum of the City of New York pays a tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s pictures opening a collection of photographs to the public through a website. New York’s subway, Coney Island’s amusement park or the least-favoured areas of the Big Apple were the stage to portrait the New Yorkers after the Second World War.

Stanley Kubrick plays an important role in the history for being one of the most important film directors of the second half of XX century. With an exceptional filmography and master pieces like “The Shining”, “2001: A Space Odyssey”, “A Clockwork Orange”, “Lolita” or “Barry Lyndon”, the American filmmaker has shown that no genre would resist him and that he was capable to handle any project inside out. However, one of the unknown aspects of Stanley Kubrick is being a photographer. Always armed with a camera, before going into the world of moving pictures, he began to experiment with black and white snapshots. Now, the Museum of the City of New York pays a tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s pictures opening a collection of photographs to the public through a website. New York’s subway, Coney Island’s amusement park or the least-favoured areas of the Big Apple were the stage to portrait the New Yorkers after the Second World War.