Visual Acoustics is the story of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. The portrait film is a affectionate biography on a man that is credited with single handedly creating Los Angeles’ history and mythology. Shulman’s archives document over 70 years of California architecture. His images that have defined both a generation and an art form.
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Follow the jump to see Shulman’s signature photograph, Case Study House no. 22
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julian Shulman
Visual Acoustics is the story of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. The portrait film is a affectionate biography on a man that is credited with single handedly creating Los Angeles’ history and mythology. Shulman’s archives document over 70 years of California architecture. His images that have defined both a generation and an art form.
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In a recent story for Morning Edition, NPR new sat down the prolific photographer before his death in July. He was 98 years old.
NPR — ‘Photographer Captures L.A.‘s Vintage Homes’
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Follow the jump to see Shulman’s signature photograph, Case Study House no. 22