The Modernism of Julius Shulman

Visual Acoustics is a great film about one of my favorite architectural photographers who really put modernism on the map from a visual perspective. Julius Shulman created one of the most famous signature images of Los Angeles when he photographed Case Study House #22, shown above. He spent his life photographing more than 8,000 projects designed by architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Nuetra, and Frank Gehry. I saw the movie when it came through Denver, and basically if you’re into architecture, building, and or photography it’s a film you shouldn’t miss. You can get it now on DVD through the Visual Acoustics Store along with some other great items.

I should also mention that the Director Eric Bricker did an outstanding job on this film. His story and relationship with Julius was really unique and it comes out in the film.

This is a time-lapse video of the 2010 driving range construction at Castle Pines Golf Club.
Please visit the following link for more Construction Progress Photos of this project.

Dwell has a great interview with film director Eric Briker about his documentary on Julius Shulman called Visual Acoustcs. He’s a famous architectural photographer who captured iconic images of modernism in Los Angeles. I’d seen his work but didn’t know much about him, can’t wait to see this film.

In the interview Eric mentions how Julius Shulman says that “The camera is the least important part of photography”. I couldn’t agree more with this statement. Too often we get caught up in having to have the latest and greatest equipment, lenses and software. It seems like when your talking with new clients or tell someone that you’re a photographer the first thing they want to know is what kind of camera do you have, how many megapixels, what type of editing sofware do you use, and my favorite… do you shoot in .RAW or .JPG. (more…)