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Why did Stanley Kubrick leave the City College of New York?
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Stanley Kubrick during the filming of Barry Lyndon (1975).
Stanley Kubrick left the City College of New York shortly after enrolling to accept a position on the staff of Look magazine at the age of 17. This opportunity allowed him to begin a career as a photojournalist, a role in which he traveled across the country for more than four years.1