c. 1946 The New York subway, by Stanley Kubrick Shots by a 17-year-old Kubrick, for 'Look' magazine by Chris Wild Image: Museum of the City of New York "I think aesthetically recording spontaneous action, rather than carefully posing a picture, is the most valid and expressive use of photography," Stanley Kubrick said. Maybe the statement wasn't earth-shaking, but it startled me. The boy who said that had turned 19 a week ago. MILDRED STAGG, "CAMERA", 1948 Image: Museum of the City of New York In 1946, Stanley Kubrick, then aged only 18, took these photographs of the New York Subway and had them published by LOOK magazine.  He photographed for the magazine from 1945 to 1950. According to Helen O'Brian, head of LOOK's photographic department, Kubrick generated the highest number of published articles of any photographer she had worked with. ...