Julius Shulman, 1910-2009
Jul. 17th, 2009 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoThe New York Times has an obituary for Julius Shulman today.
With my interest in architectural photography, Shulman's been a presence for a long time. He's most well-known for his black and whites of modernist houses, especially the "Case Study" houses in Los Angeles. This image, at the Getty, is almost iconic. USC also has a good gallery up from an exhibition.
I'm not much of a modernist guy, myself. But Shulman was perhaps better than anyone else at making such buildings look clean, crisp, and desirable. One could say he has a lot to answer on that score -- a classic instance of the demo not living up to the product -- yet there's still much to admire in his craft.
With my interest in architectural photography, Shulman's been a presence for a long time. He's most well-known for his black and whites of modernist houses, especially the "Case Study" houses in Los Angeles. This image, at the Getty, is almost iconic. USC also has a good gallery up from an exhibition.
I'm not much of a modernist guy, myself. But Shulman was perhaps better than anyone else at making such buildings look clean, crisp, and desirable. One could say he has a lot to answer on that score -- a classic instance of the demo not living up to the product -- yet there's still much to admire in his craft.
