Julius Shulman, reknowned architectural photographer died yesterday.  He is probably most kown for his picture below.  Its a shot of Koenig’s Case Study House No. 22 and probably most famous architectural photograph taken in the US.  With just one highschool photography class to his name, Shulman got his start when a photo he had taken of a Richard Neutra house caught the architects eye.  After WWII he was hired to document Arts & Architecture magazine’s famed Case Study housing program.  Working with pretty much a who’s who of modern architecture – Rudolf M. Schindler, Gregory Ain, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Eames, Raphael S. Soriano, John Lautner, Eero Saarinen, Albert Frey, Pierre Koenig, Harwell Harris and many others, Shulman’s work really captured the feeling of the era.  Southern California in the 50′s was a design hot bed that really helped define California Kool from the aforementioned archicture and design such as the famed Eames chairs, to the whole kustom car culture, to jazz and the arts, and it still feels relevant today.  Thanks to Shulman’s photography generations to come can enjoy that moment.

R.I.P. Julius Shulman 1910-2009