Pho·tog Friday: Julius Shulman

Welcome to Pho·tog Friday!

Portrait of Julius Shulman

I wanted to introduce you to one of the best American architecture photographers, Julius Shulman.  He was from Brooklyn, New York and was born in 1910 and he passed away in 2009. Shulman photographed structures designed by both Frank Lloyd Wright and Pierre Koenig.  His style of photography certainly inspired the architectural photography movement during the 1990’s. Some may say that Shulman’s work changes the way we look at Modernism as a whole.

In some of your classes, you'll be discussing the idea of architecture photography as well as the idea of "location scouting" and "shooting on location". How must a photographer go about finding a location?  If the location is in fact a structure or a building, your module will teach you how to photograph it.  Shulman is a great example of both interior and exterior architecture photographer, two topics that are definitely covered in PH136.  

Click here to read an article that was published in the New York Times in 2009 when Shulman died at the age of 98.  It is an excellent article about his life.  I'd also like to share another article with you that was published by The J. Paul Getty Museum.  This article discusses Shulman’s photographs taken throughout California, how his work influenced modern architecture, the tools Shulman used to light his locations, and more!  Click here to read the publication put out by The J. Paul Getty Museum.

If you are interested in architecture photography, you should become familiar with Shulman's work.  Allow his photography work to inspire your own photographs!  Here are a few examples of Shulman’s work:

Sulman, Julius, American, 1958.

Sulman, Julius, Case Study House No 22 Los Angeles, 1960.

Definitely check out the movie trailer on Shulman’s biography titled "Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman”:

 

Enjoy the weekend and I'll see you next for "Make it Monday"!

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