Julius Shulman
Julius Shulman
(B. 1910, Brooklyn, NY.)
Julius Shulman’s photographs of the architecture of his times have become emblematic of a Californian form of Modernism, whose stylistic ideals were disseminated throughout the world during the 1950s and 1960s. In many cases, these ideas have been preserved in their purest form in his images. Shulman is perhaps best known for his documentation of the nowadays classic Case Study House Program, which was initiated by Arts & Architecture Magazine and involved American and European architects such as Charles and Ray Eames, Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra, Eero Saarinen and Raphael Soriano. The selftaught Shulman was employed in 1936 by Neutra, having sent him pictures of the Kun House in the Hollywood Hills. At the age of 96, he is still working as an architectural photographer together with his collaborator Jürgen Nogai.
Recent exhibitions:
2004 The 9th International Architecture Exhibition, The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; 2006 J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A., CA.; 2006 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #22, Stahl House, 1960, Los Angeles, Pierre Koenig, 1959
© J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute
