Stanley Kubrick (1928 - 1999) is acclaimed as one of the legendary directors of the twentieth century. Once queried about his work method, Kubrick gave the simply answer: 'Well, I never shoot anything I don't want.'Self-will and independence characterise his work and explain the continuing success of his films, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut.This exhibition catalogue opens up a hitherto little known chapter in his career: between 1945 and 1950, the American magazine Look published photo reports giving Kubrick the opportunity to develop a fully autonomous narrative technique and handle parameters such as composition, atmosphere and timing.As later in his films, Kubrick tends to portray out-of-the-ordinary, often lonely human fates: he accompanies the boxer Rocky Graziano to a fight, observes shoe-shine boys on the streets of New York, and visits Betsy von Furstenberg, an aspiring young actress from the avenues of 'high society'.German text.