He was one of the great architecture photographers of the 20th century. His shots coined the image of American Modernism, making many buildings and their architects – from Frank Lloyd Wright to Richard Neutra – to icons of the epoch.
At the age of 98, Julius Shulman died in Los Angeles on July 15, 2009.
Said to be Shulman's most famous photograph, his portray of the Case Study House No. 22
An amazing documentary film about Shulman is Visual Acoustics. The modernism of Julius Shulman, a documentary film by Eric Bricker.
The documentary film project “explores the monumental career” of Julius Shulman. “Taking its aesthetic cues from Shulman’s own sensual and nuanced photography, the film’s narrative is built from a blend of Shulman’s own images as well as in depth interviews with architect Frank Gehry, designer Tom Ford, artist Ed Ruscha, actress Kelly Lynch and writer Mitch Glazer, publisher Benedikt Taschen, Academy Award – nominated cinematographer Dante Spinotti, and a host of others.” The documentary is narrated by Dustin Hoffman.
An overview about many photographs of Shulman offers TASCHEN’s „Modernism Rediscovered„.
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