Before making his name as a director Stanley Kubrick was a traditional stills photographer.
The almost maniacal obsession with composition that he became famous for comes across loud and clear - they're almost too perfectly capturing my fantasy of the Boroughs of New York post-war that I think they might be some mawkish art direction for a luxury brand inspired by Mad Men or Raging Bull...
The Museum of the City of New York has over seven thousand images here
Shoe Shine Boy [Mickey bringing laundry to the laudromat] 1947
Circus [Balancing act with trapeze artists] 1948
Walter Cartier - Prizefighter of Greenwich Village [Walter Cartier during a fight] 1948
Labels: Americana, Art, Museum, Photography