Julius Shulman Los Angeles: The Birth of a Modern Metropolis - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0847835480 ISBN 13: 9780847835485

Publisher: Rizzoli, 2011

Synopsis

The renowned architectural photographer shares four crucial decades' worth of images of the city he loved, celebrated, and made iconic. With a life and career spanning nearly a century, Julius Shulman is credited with furthering the midcentury modernism movement through his flawless photographs of the pioneering architecture of Richard Neutra and Charles Eames, among others. While Shulman's pictures comprise the most published images of the modernist movement, this new monograph presents many never-before-seen images on a subject closest to Shulman's heart: Los Angeles and its environs--including Palm Springs and other suburbs. These affecting photographs show Los Angeles as a living organism, simultaneously vibrant and volatile depending on the neighborhood. This tension is apparent in Shulman's documentation of then-emerging areas like Century City, Wilshire Boulevard, and Echo Park, as well as his studies of landmarks like the Watts Towers and Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Many of the

About this title

From the Author:

We began this book with Julius and are sad that he did not get to see it's completion. Los Angeles was near and dear to him and he was excited to share these rare images.

About the Author:

Sam Lubell is an architectural writer and the West coast editor of the Architect's Newspaper.
Douglas Woods is a writer and editor living in Los Angeles.
Judy McKee is Julius Shulman's only child and the executor of his estate.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0847835480
• ISBN 13: 9780847835485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240