Visual Acoustics
Visual Acoustics is a new documentary film to be released soon. It celebrates the life of Julius Shulman, a great photographer most famous for his images of modernist buildings throughout the US.
Shulman first started taking photos in 1927 and he was taking photos up to his death earlier this year at the age of 98. Throughout his illustrious career he shot the buildings of such luminaries as Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry. His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern California’s modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public.
The film is touring around the world over the coming year and looks to be quite fantastic. It is narrated by Dustin Hoffman and directed by Eric Bricker who says of Shulman...
"The photography however is only half the story; Julius himself is the other. Distilled to its barest essence it is this: Julius Shulman is a humanist. His genuine love for people, culture and the arts preserves my 98 year old friend as an eternal youth."
Check out the trailer...
Visual Acoustics from wes on Vimeo.
Design + Build | Photography and Architecture said...
[...] He gives a number of examples to prove his case – including German photographers of the 1920s, the photography of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s work, and of course Julius Schulman. [...]