Walking into the current exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center, one might be surprised to find that the photographs hanging on the walls are from Stanley Kubrick’s time as a young photojournalist before going on to direct some of the most iconic films of 20th Century American cinema. Before _Dr. Strangelove_ (1964) or _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (1968), Kubrick was selling his photographs to _Look_ magazine starting at the age of seventeen.
The exhibition at the Skirball, _Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs,_ espouses over 130 photographs on view from Kubrick’s time as an amateur photojournalist. From nightclubs to sporting events, Kubrick’s photographs allowed him to lay a foundation for his cinematic eye. _Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs_ chronicles this time, presenting the photographs chronologically through the time her spent photographing for _Look_. The final section of the exhibition is a viewing of Kubrick’s first independent documentary, _Day of the Fight_ (1951).
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_Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs_ is on view now at the Skirball Cultural Center until March 8th, 2020.
Photos courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York and SK Film Archives
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