Here are some images from the famous photographer Stanley Kubrick who shot famous people, including Dwight Eisenhower when he was Columbia University’s president before becoming President of the United States, boxer Walter Cartier in the corner between rounds and Broadway actress Betsy Von Furstenberg studying her lines. In addition to being a well renowned photographer, he turned to filmmaking in the mid-fifties, his directing credits include Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. Apparently Steven Spielberg once said: ‘Nobody could shoot a picture better in history.’ Read more and below is some of his work of Manhattan in the 1940s and 1950s.
A film crew working on a Department of Public Works vehicle while a NYPD officer watches
Shoe shine boys look for business on the streets of New York City
Caption: Only in New York: A circus woman holds a leash with a rollerskating monkey in 1948 …
A boy climbs a high fence as washing hangs from building to building
Young women walk past a theatre inManhattan in 1946
A hot dog seller sells hot dogs to two shoe shine boys in 1947, one of whom appears to be called Mickey and charges 10 cents
For the original DailyMail article including more images, go here. See Stanley’s New York collection including prices.
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