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BorninNewYorkCityin1928,StanleyKubrickbegantakingphotographswheninhighschool.Atsixteen,hesentaphotographhetookofanewsstandafterPresidentRoosevelt'sdeathtoLookMagazine.Thepublicationofthephotographmarkedthebeginn
作者简介
BorninNewYorkCityin1928,StanleyKubrickbegantakingphotographswheninhighschool.Atsixteen,hesentaphotographhetookofanewsstandafterPresidentRoosevelt’sdeathtoLookMagazine.ThepublicationofthephotographmarkedthebeginningofKubrick’sworkforthemagazine,whichlasteduntil1950,whenKubrickmadehisfirst16mmdocumentaryfilm.DuringthosefiveyearsKubrickcompleteddozensofphotographicreportageassignmentsinNewYorkCityaswellasabroad.TheresultingthousandsofnegativeshaveremainedinthearchivesofLookMagazineeversince.Kubrick’sphotographsvaryinsubject,butpeoplearethecentralfocusofattention,asishiscommitmenttonarration.WhethercapturingthemeditativestateofpassengersinaseriesofportraitsmadeintheNewYorksubway,followingfamousboxerRockyGrazianoontheringandinintimatemoments,portrayingthecomingofageofsocialiteBetsyVonFürstenberg,ornarratingthetaleofashoe-shineboyinthestreetsofNewYorkCity,Kubrickdrawspsychologicalportraitsthatcombinedrama,irony,andoftenmystery,anticipatinghistrademarkcinematicstyle.IfKubrick’sphotographsarefascinatingaccountsoflifeinthelate1940s,theyarealsoamajorcontributiontoAmericanphotographyofthatera.Atnineteen,Kubrickalreadyhadanimmensetalentinconstructingcomplexcompositionsinwhichcamerapositioningandlightingplayedacrucialrole.ThebookisintroducedbyanessaybyRainerCrone,whoalsoeditedtheselectionofphotographsforthisbook.CroneisanexpertonKubrick’sphotographicwork,andhasalreadypublishedacatalogueonthissubject(seeRelatedTitlesbelow).Anarthistorian,hegivescontextandexaminesKubrick’sphotographsinrelationtonotonlyhislaterfilmsbutalsothehistoryoftwentieth-centuryartandphotography.Cronealsowroteshortintroductionstomoststoriesinthebook.Aninvaluablecontributiontothehistoryofphotography,thisbookexploreshowoneofthemostinfluentialandsuccessfulfilmdirectorsofourtimeusedphotographytomastervisualtechniquesandcultivatehissignaturestyle.
