Laboratory at Columbia University, 1948, Stanley Kubrick
The reason why I had decided to choose a photograph by Stanley Kubrick besides the fact that you mentioned it in class was because had never actually seen any of his photography. The man who made some of the most acclaimed movies of the 20th century started out as a seventeen year old photographer; it was certainly an interesting start and quick ascent into the film auteur we remember him as. To me his black and white movies always had a certain quality to them, as though they were shot with the eye of a photographer. Both Dr. Strangelove and Paths of Glory exhibit some excellent cinematography and I feel like finding his old photography really shows the beginning of his creative and artistic endeavors.
When I looked up his photography on the internet and found this specific photograph titled Laboratory at Columbia University I initially thought of peter sellers as doctor Strangelove. There is just something about the man in the photo that seems almost just eerie and haunting about him and too me that is something Kubrick has always had a knack for capturing. Also both shots feature two men with a very serious gaze and their eyes are covered by a dark pair of glasses that reflect an image that we cannot see. In my mind i can see photographs from this collection forming the visual aspect that would come to dominate his cinematic works.
Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, 1964, Stanley Kubrick
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