A Look Through The Lens of Julius Shulman

'Visual Acoustics' is a new documentary about the 'vibrant' Mr. Shulman, the photographer of modernist homes who captured the ethos and energy of the Los Angeles modern architecture movement.

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October 7, 2009, 9:00 AM PDT

By Tim Halbur

"As the film makes clear, Mr. Shulman wasn't simply an architectural photographer but a lifestyle propagandist.

"There's a sense of vibrancy in his photography," said [director Eric] Bricker, who was an architecture neophyte before a chance encounter with Mr. Shulman prompted him to make the film. "As Julius used to say, he was 'selling architecture.'""

FULL STORY: The Lens That Loved Modernism

Monday, October 5, 2009 in The New York Times

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