Before Stanley Kubrick was known as the acclaimed director of cult-fucking-classics A Clockwork Orange and Dr. Strangelove, he had a series of photographs published in LOOK magazine at the age of just 16. He was most fond of street photography, and in 1946 he published a series documenting the happenings of the New York Subway.

So take a look into the NY subways life in all its vintage glory…

Images via Museum Of The City Of New York

Stanley Kubrick’s self-portrait for LOOK Magazine, 1949.

Check out the archives of the Museum of the City of New York if you want to see more of Stanley Kubrick’s photography career.

Words by Mahene Khan