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Julius Shulman Color Photography

American, 1910-2009

Julius Shulman was an American architectural photographer best known for his photograph Case Study House #22 (Two Girls), Los Angeles, CA (Pierre Koenig, Architect, 1959). The house is also known as the Stahl House. Shulman's photography spread California's mid-century modernism around the world. Through his many books, exhibits and personal appearances his work ushered in a new appreciation for the movement beginning in the 1990s.

Shulman’s vast library of images currently resides at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. His contemporaries include Ezra Stoller and Hedrich Blessing Photographers. In 1947, Julius Shulman asked architect Raphael Soriano to build a mid-century steel home and studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Some of Shulman's architectural photographs, like the iconic shots of Frank Lloyd Wright's or Pierre Koenig's remarkable structures, have been published countless times. The brilliance of buildings like those by Charles Eames, as well as those of his close friends, Richard Neutra and Raphael Soriano, was first brought to light by Shulman's photography. The clarity of his work demanded that architectural photography had to be considered an independent art form

Each Shulman image unites perception and understanding of the buildings and their place in the landscape. The precise compositions reveal not just the architectural ideas behind a building's surface, but also the visions and hopes of an entire age. A sense of humanity is always present in his work, even when the human figure is absent from the actual photographs.

Many of the buildings photographed by Shulman have since been demolished or re-purposed, lending to the popularity of his images.

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(Biography provided by Lions Gallery)

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Artist: Julius Shulman
Kaufmann House, Palm Springs
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Kaufmann House, Palm Springs Architect: Richard Neutra Kodak digital color print Print size: 20" x 24" (50.80 x 60.96) Image size: 15" x 20" (39.10 x ...
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1940s American Modern Julius Shulman Color Photography

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Shulman, Buff, Straub, Hensman. Case Study House #20, Colour Photography
By Julius Shulman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Limited edition of 60 FujiChrome-Prints, signed by Julius Shulman, released in 1999. 60 x 75.5 cm (23.6 x 29.7 in.) The photographer American photographer Julius Shulman’s images of ...
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Case Study House #21, Bailey House
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Case Study House #21, Bailey House, 1960 Pierre Koenig Architect Chromogenic color print 20 x 16 inches Built in the hills with south views, thi...
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1960s Modern Julius Shulman Color Photography

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Case House Study #21 (Hi-Fi)
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Case House Study #21 (Hi-Fi), 1960
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