Julius Shulman Photographs

[Merg Ross]

Today I had the opportunity to view more of the excellent architectural photography done by Julius Shulman. It is included in an exhibition entitled "Birth of the Cool", currently at the Oakland Museum of California. There are a fair number of black and white gelatin silver prints as well as large color prints. His famous dusk shot of the Arts & Architecture Case Study House in the Hollywood Hills is included. This is a small sample of his work compared to the extensive exhibition of his work at the J. Paul Getty Museum several years. However, certainly worth a visit for those interested in architectural photography at its finest, and close enough to attend.

[Antonio Corcuera]

I understand all his colour-work is 35mm?

[Merg Ross]

Antonio, all of the work in this exhibition was done with large format cameras. I belive that presently, due to advanced age, he uses 35mm.

[Annie M.]

The Photography of Architecture and Design... published 1977... Julius Shulman

'I use 35mm cameras for all my assignments in conjunction with the 4 x 5 because almost every architect uses slides and many journals use 35mm transparencies for reproduction of certain scenes, which can be taken spontaneously while working around a project'

this is a good book on Shulman's photographic methods with excellent descriptions of the approach to each image.