The famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman photographed the apartments in 1945.
When Dwell visited Shulman two years before his death, he was satisfied with the career he had built, and still actively giving lectures, photographing houses, and talking to journalists. "I'm always identified as being the best architectural photographer in the world," Shulman declared. "I disclaim that. I say, 'One of the best."
Shulman's shot of Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House No. 22 in 1960 became one of the most iconic photographs of modern U.S. architecture and many felt like it encapsulated Los Angeles during at that time. Shulman ultimately photographed 18 of the 26 Case Study Houses commissioned by Arts & Architecture magazine. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute
The Stahl House has been featured in numerous movies and photoshoots and was immortalized by photographer Julius Shulman.
The Shulman House and Studio
Shulman and Carlotta Stahl
Julius Shulman: Case Study House #22 (1960)
This Shulman photograph shows the lobby of the bank in 1960.
Mcllwee showed us some archive photographs of the house, including this original Julius Shulman gem that shows what the interior looked like in the 1970s.
Julius Shulman Los Angeles: The Birth of a Modern Metropolis by Sam Lubell and Douglas Woods (Rizzoli, 2011).
An in-depth look at Julius Shulman, who captured the spirit of Californian architecture for over 70 years.
Shulman and cinematographer Dante Spinotti
The 1950 Zimmerman House by modernist architect Craig Ellwood. Photo by Julius Shulman; courtesy © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.
Shooting Shulman shooting Disney Hall
Shulman's archives en route to the Getty
From the 1940s through the late 1960s, Arts & Architecture was the unofficial headquarters of California’s nascent modernist movement. It spearheaded the Case Study House Program, which produced some of America’s greatest residences. VKG furniture was used for many of the houses, and appears in photos shot by Julius Shulman, as seen above.
“Julius Shulman: Modernism Rediscovered” chronicles more than 400 architectural masterstrokes captured by the late photographer Julius Shulman. The focal point is Southern California, Shulman’s home, but the three-volume book also features work from the rest of the U.S., Mexico, Israel, and Hong Kong.
The storied pool has been immortalized in photography by Julius Shulman and Slim Aarons.
Ridgetop was photographed by Julius Shulman and featured in Architectural Digest shortly after it was built.
Architect Paul R. Williams sitting across the table from a client in 1952. Photo by Julius Shulman, courtesy of © J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.
“A wonderful mess” is how Shulman describes his desk. Interspersed among the family snapshots, mementos, and tchotchkes are several enlarged quotations, including one from Art News: “If buildings were people, those in Julius Shulman’s photographs would be Grace Kelly: classically elegant, intriguingly remote.”
Julius Shulman snapped this image in 1947, one year after Richard Neutra completed the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs.
© J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive. Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.
The firm received an Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects for this project. The house was also featured in Architectural Record (Sept. 1965) and photogrpahed by Julius Shulman (and can be seen in Julius Shulman: Chicago Mid-Century Modernism, published in 2010 by Rizzoli).
Information Graphics by Sandra Rendgen and Julius Wiedemann (Taschen, 2012).
Rendgen and Wiedemann’s book explores how we communicate visual information.
Kahn House (1940) by Richard Neutra. Photo Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute
October 28 Building of the Day: Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
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Photo: Julius Shulman, Kaufmann House designed by Richard Neutra (Palm Springs, CA), 1947. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute. Copyright © J. Paul Getty Trust.
Director Eric Bricker, Shulman, producer Babette Zilch
Photo by Julius Shulman ©J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)
The interior of the Samuel Freeman house.
Photo by Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)
The original Eagle Rock Recreation Center, as the Neutras intended it to appear.
Photo by Julius Shulman, courtesy Getty Institute/Dion Neutra.
The interior of the Samuel Freeman house.
Photo by Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)
Department of Water and Power Building Corner with Fountains, 1965, photographed by Julius Shulman. Photo © J. Paul Getty Trust
In this photo of the Diamond Street House taken by Julius Shulman, Lyster Brock (left) stands next to his brother on his father's roof truss.
Tom Pigeon's prints examine the relationship between architecture and the photographers that capture it.
The Dolphin House , Jonathan Segal, FAIA. Stephan Lemperle commissioned a bit of magic, above the bluffs where others feared to tread. See Julius Shulman's Photos.
Richard Spencer standing next to the fireplace in the Santa Monica home he designed. Spencer also designed the coffee table with the built-in television. #cocktailparty #midcentury
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