Before gaining fame as a director of classic films (A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lolita, The Shining [a personal favorite], among several others), Stanley Kubrick worked as a photographer for Look magazine, the biweekly publication that was a lot like Life, except with more photos and less articles.
In 1949, at just 21, he was sent to Chicago for an assignment: “Chicago, City of Contrasts.” Take a look at more of these fascinating (and cinematic, no?) images below.
(Photos by Stanley Kubrick)
Danielle Scruggs is a photographer and writer currently living and working in Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, Md. Her work has been exhibited in Baltimore and Brooklyn and published by The Washington Post, Stop Smiling magazine, FILE magazine, and F-Stop Magazine. Scruggs holds an M.A. in Digital Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a B.A. in Journalism from Howard University. She is still very much in love with Charm City, albeit from a distance.