Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stanley Kubrick started out as a photographer, and did indeed work for Look. > Fellow LUGGERS, > >I just received a gift to day from a friend, the Leica Manual, by Willard >Morgan, 12th edition 1953. It is over 400 pages of incredible Leica stuff >that is still applicable to todays generation of Leicas. I wish there was a >book available today that is as comprehensive as this book. It has chapters >written by Ansel Adams, Arthur Rothstein, Alfred Eisenstaedt and Peter >Stackpole writes a chapter on underwater photography with a Leica. Plus many >photgraphs by the greats, but, one picture credit puzzels me; a street photo >by LOOK photographer STANLEY KUBRICK, Leica LTM with a 50mm Summar, f/2.8 @ >1/8. I am wondering if this is the Oscar winning director (Clock Work >Orange, 2001, etc, etc)? Did Kubrick work for Look before going on to his >marvelous film career? Anybody know? >Steve >Annapolis