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Case Study House No. 22 by Julius Shulman
Shulman was a blunt--yet hilarious--critic of architecture and he showed the works he loved through his work. In a new documentary about Shulman, screened in Los Angeles at Dwell on Design, he would call most of the city's housing design style a pile of junk. The audience burst out laughing.
"It's a simple but true statement that Julius Shulman is the most important architectural photographer in history," begins the trailer for the documentary, Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman. (it's a fabulous and fun documentary, we recommend catching it when it comes back to town).
Case Study House No. 22, found in the Hollywood Hills, may be one of Shulman's most notable photographs and what the LA Times called "arguably the most iconic image of midcentury L.A." in an article about the house and the family who lived in it a couple weeks ago.
Rest in peace, Julius Shulman. You will not be forgotten.
Update: Here is the LA Times obituary.
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I love that picture so much.
RIP.
Oh man...so sad. But he had a wonderful, long, interesting, creative, inspiring life. And his photos will live on. One of my true favorites. And he once photographed my apartment--my actual unit (of course before I lived here, ha!).
Such a great film! Even if you aren't a photography or architecture wonk, a wonderful experience to see.
He was awesome.
The talks he gave in recent years were superb. Hilarious, yet full of insight and knowledge.
Such a rad photographer..Soo sad.
RIP Julius.
I hope The Central Library and The Getty do another showing of his life's work. The showing at LAPL Downtown last summer, was very impressive to say the least.
Why are people saying "so sad?" He was ninety friggin eight years old for crying out loud.
I had the chance to hear Shulman speak after a screening of Visual Acoustics at the LA Film Festival last year and was thoroughly entertained by his sense of humor and moved by his body of work over the length of his career. I second that if you ever have the chance to see the film, it is worth every minute spent watching it.
He was a true artist -- his passing is a loss for the city of Los Angeles and for architecture.
Absolutely iconic. The work as well as the man.
I had the opportunity to meet this legendary photographer a few years ago at his house up in Hollywood Hills and was given the book "Modernism Rediscovered" signed by him before that.
I remember he was still very sharp, had great memory and a wicked sense of humor, not to mention he was a talented orator even in his mid-90s.
His work and life is an inspiration to many Angelenos and architecture/photography fans. He truly left behind a magical legacy with his amazing body of work. RIP Julius!