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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Case Study House #21, Bailey House
By Julius Shulman
Located in New York, NY
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...
C Print
'Live And Let Die' 1973 Roger Moore
Located in London, GB
'Live And Let Die' 1973 Roger Moore and cast On set of the movie 'Live and Let Die' with Roger Moore as 007 James Bond, with Yaphet Kotto playing Che...
C Print
$12,000
H 27 in W 26.5 in D 1.5 in
Oscar Ennui - Faye Dunaway Reclining - Framed Hand Signed Limited Edition Print
By Terry O'Neill
Located in London, GB
Oscar Ennui - Faye Dunaway Reclining 1977 by Terry O;'Neill ( 1938 - 2019 ) Framed lifetime hand signed limited edition C print from terry O;'Neill's mo...
C Print, Color
$402
H 10 in Dm 12 in
'Channel One Recording Studio Jamaica' 1983 Limited Edition Archival Pigment
By Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
'Channel One Recording Studio Jamaica' 1983 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Channel 1, Reggae recording studios, Kingsto...
C Print, Color
Brigitte Bardot - Oversize Print
Located in London, GB
The French actress Brigitte Bardot in Scotland between two takes of the film “A Coeur Joie” (Head over Heels) directed by Serge Bourguignon. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via the Getty Images Archive London England.) Oversize 30x30 inches C type print Archive stamped Gallery stamped certification provided printed 2020 Brigitte Bardot fashion...
C Print, Color
$5,250
H 48 in W 72 in
Skiing Holiday - Slim Aarons - Gstaad - 20th century colour photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Holiday' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print (to 150 only) by Slim Aarons American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break...
C Print
$2,750
H 20 in W 24 in
'Life In The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Life In The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A woman sitting in a hanging chair while having a drink in a bar in the Bahamas, in April 1967. A group of drink...
C Print, Color
$3,900
H 30 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons - Poolside Friendship - NEW Archive discovery - Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Poolside Friendship - NEW Archive discovery - Limited Estate Print A brand new release from the Slim Aarons Estate & Archive - this...
C Print, Color
$2,750
H 20 in W 24 in
'Jack And GeeGee Entz' 1983 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Jack And GeeGee Entz' 1983 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Jack and GeeGee Entz beneath the rose-canopied steps which lead to the entrance...
C Print, Color
$3,950
H 40 in W 40 in
'Beauty And The Beast' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beauty And The Beast' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize Mrs. George (Daphne) Cameron sits on a tiger pelt in the trophy room of Laddie Sanford’s Palm Beach...
C Print, Color
$1,638
H 19.5 in W 24 in
Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England - 1963 Limited Edition
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, 1963 Exclusive Limited Edition Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold Paper Size: 19.5 x 24 Image size 15.5 x 20 inches Limited to 10 only this size All prints are bespoke and printed to order stamped and numbered by the Estate An exclusive limited edition photograph of Elizabeth Taylor wearing a Bulgari earring by British photographer David Steen. Elizabeth Taylor’s jewellery...
C Print, Color
$1,638
H 24 in W 18 in
Rod Stewart & Britt Ekland – Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California 1976
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Rod Stewart & Britt Ekland – Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California 1976 Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further p...
C Print, Color
$2,750
H 20 in W 24 in
'Mady De La Houssaye' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Mady De La Houssaye' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Mady de la Houssaye, Martinique, March 1973. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticit...
C Print, Color