All photographs by Julius Shulman, taken from Visual Acoustics, an Arthouse Films release 2009. Copyright J. Paul Getty Trust.


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the world’s greatest architectural photographer was released, celebrating the career of a man whose images brought modern architecture into the American mainstream. Retro Magazine, in this pictorial celebration, appreciates why the film’s director was so inspired by Julius Shulman. Julius Shulman captured the work of nearly every modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry. His images epitomised the singular beauty of Southern California’s modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. The film Visual Acoustic: The Modernism of Julius Shulman is testament to the evolution of modern architecture and as the filmmaker Eric Bricker said: “Few people have had such a profound impact on my life as he has. Two things were apparent to me upon my initial meeting with Julius in the spring of 1999. First, the photography created by the man is nothing short of astounding, and second, Julius himself is equally impressive as the work he created.”


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n need of vintage photos of San Francisco, Eric Bricker was led to the work of Julius Shulman. Not only did a great friendship ensue, a film of


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