17-Year-Old Stanley Kubrick’s Photos From 1940s New York Reveal That He Was Always A Genius

Before Stanley Kubrick sat in the director’s chair of arguably some of the best movies ever made like “2001: Space Odyssey” or “The Shining,” he was a simple teenager in New York looking for a job. But even then, when the 17-year-old got his hands on a photo camera, he couldn’t hide the talent inside of him.

Read more #1 Walking The Streets Of New York, 1946

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#2 Student At Columbia University, 1948

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#3 Couple Sleeping In A Subway Car, 1940s

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#4 Girl With A Lipstick, 1940

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#5 Couple, 1940

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#6 Shoe Shine Boy, 1940

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#7 High Wire Act, 1948

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#8 Dogs In A Convertible, 1949

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#9 Self Portrait With Showgirl Rosemary Williams, 1948

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#10 People On Escalators In A Subway Station, 1940

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#11 Young Girl At Palisades Amusement Park, 1946

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#12 Couple Playing Footsies On A Subway, 1946

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#13 Laboratory At Columbia University, 1948

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#14 Girl With Dolls, 1947

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#15 Shoe Shine Boy, 1940

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#16 Circus Side Show Performer, 1948

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#17 Betsy Von Furstenberg, 1949

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#18 Shoe Shine Boys (On Fence), 1947

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#19 Students Drawing A Nude Model In An Art Class, 1948, Columbia University

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#20 Changing The Tire, 1946

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#21 Shoe Shine Boy, Portrait Of Mickey, 1947

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#22 Men Sleeping In A Subway Car, 1946

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#23 Showgirls At The Copacabana Club, 1948

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#24 Passengers In A Subway Car, 1940s

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#25 Doorman Walking Dog, 1949

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#26 Rosemary Williams At A Restaurant With Two Men

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#27 Police Athletic League Boxing, 1946

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#28 Johnny On The Spot, 1946

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#29 Women In A Subway Car, 1946

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#30 Shoe Shine Boy, 1940

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#31 Shoe Shine Boys (Vendor), 1947

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#32 Woman Waiting On A Subway Platform, 1940s

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#33 Passengers In A Subway Car, 1940s

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#34 Man Carrying Flowers On A Crowded Subway, 1946

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#35 Painter Tying Rope Around The Model’s Waist, 1947

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#36 Girls, 1940

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#37 Film Crew, 1947

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#38 Passengers Reading In A Subway Car, 1946

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#39 Woman Watching Model Being Painted For The Billboard, 1947

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#40 Shoe Shine Boy, 1940

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#41 Guy Lombardo On A Dock, 1947-1948

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#42 Waiting At The Dentist’s Office

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#43 Shoe Shine Boys, 1947

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#44 Woman On The Train Platform, 1948

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#45 Men With German Shepherd On A Dock, 1949

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#46 Woman Waiting On A Subway Platform, 1946

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#47 Passengers In A Subway Car, 1946

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#48 At An Outdoor Cafe With A Woman, 1948

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#49 Man Studying In A Library, 1948, Columbia University

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#50 Johnny Grant, 1946

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#51 General Dwight D. Eisenhower At Columbia University, 1948

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#52 Passengers In A Subway Car, 1946

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#53 Audience Waiting In Line To Get Into A Recording Of “grand Slam”

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#54 Couple In A Subway Car, 1940s

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#55 Girl With A Mirror, 1940

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#56 Mens Fashion Show, 1948

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#57 Woman Knitting On A Subway, 1946

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#58 Man By A Garbage Can

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#59 Circus Woman With Rollerskating Monkey, 1948

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#60 Boxer Walter Cartier, 1948

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#61 People Browsing Through Magazine Racks At A Busy Sidewalk Newsstand, 1947

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#62 Walter Cartier Drinking A Beverage, 1948

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#63 Rocky Graziano Talking To A Policeman On A Street

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#64 Passengers In A Subway Car, 1946

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#65 Passengers In A Subway Car, 1946

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#66 Passengers In A Subway Car, 1946

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#67 Man Exiting Train, 1948

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#68 Women Walking Near The Train, 1948

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#69 Man Carrying Flowers On A Crowded Subway, 1946

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#70 Rocky Graziano With Two Men By A Sign For The Middleweight Championship Fight Between Tony Zale And Marcel Cerdan

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