Julius Shulman

[Drew B.]

There is a great story about 96 year old Julius Shulman in October's Dwell Magazine (sorry, just got a moment to read this 2 month old mag.) He was (& is still active) a great architectural photographer w/many iconic images.

 

[Michael W]

I have a couple of his how to books on architectural photography & they are very useful despite being somewhat dated. (There is one where he refers to the Canon AE-1 as an amazing space age camera). The interesting thing about him is that he was largely self taught & was recognised early as having a good eye. Ezra Stoller is another good one to look at for buildings.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Julius Shulman passed away yesterday at the age of 98--

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-me-julius-shulman17-2009jul17,0,5966195.story

 

[olleorama]

Here is another slideshow, from the NYtimes: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/07/17/arts/20090717-SHULMAN_index.html

 

[Jeff Kubach]

Enjoyed his photos.

Jeff

 

[srmcnamara]

Here's a segment on NPR from March.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/03/julius_shulman.html


I'm sorry I hadn't known of him before. Very nice images.

 

[Toffle]

I've been traveling and missed the news of his death. Shulman's images were as much works of art as the Modernist American architecture he captured. I would go as far as to say that in many instances, it is his photographs that form our collective memory of that highly idealized era of Americana.

98... A life to be celebrated.

Bravo!