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astanleykubrick:

Barry Lyndon was shot in Waterford in October 1973. The set was closed to the press, but local man Pat Heavin managed to get on to it as they were filming near his house. […] During a break in filming Heavin approached O’Neal for a photograph. “I was a member of the Waterford Camera Club at the time. I was conscious that no press were allowed on set so I kept it very low key. I asked Ryan O’Neal if I could take his picture. He was extremely friendly to me.” Then he spotted Stanley Kubrick, taking a break. “I said ‘To hell with it. I’ll go for broke.’ I asked if I could take his picture and with a bit of encouragement from Ryan O’Neal, Stanley smiled and I had my picture.” […] Heavin says he respected the circumstances in which he was allowed to take the photographs and has never released them publicly before now. However, when he heard Ryan O’Neal and producer Jan Harlan were coming to Dublin for a 40th anniversary screening of Barry Lyndon, he decided to release them. “It was a moment of trust and I never showed the picture to anyone except family. I want the photographs passed on to him [O’Neal] to thank him for his kindness on the day,” he says.

Source: The Irish Times & Mallow Camera Club

(via cinephiliabeyond)

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