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Julius Shulman was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1910.
However, his formative years were spent on a farm in
Connecticut, where he developed an appreciation and
understanding of the nature of light. Finally moving to
California,his sense of space and volume steadily
grew.
- At an early age he
already had an interest in photography, but it was not
unitl Richard Neutra became interested in some of his
snapshots that a great career began. These photographs
were of Neutra's kun House in Hollywood, and this chance
glance served to produce one of the world's great artists
of architectural photography.
- It is interesting to
consider these chance collisions of fate. Shulman's
sister had introduced him to Neutra's new apprentice. In
1936, two weeks after coming back to Los Angeles from a
stint at Berkeley, he took Shulman to the Kun House where
Neutra was to inspect with a contractor. There he took
six Vest Pocket Kodak scenes. He sent the 8x10s to Neutra
and received a call; Neutra had liked thm a lot and
wished to meet Shulman. On March 6, 1936, they shook
hands, and Neutra ordered six copies of each photograph.
He then gave Shulman other assignments and suggested that
he drive up to Silver Lake where Raphael Soriano was
building his first house. They instantly became friends,
and two years later Shulman photographed the Lipetz House
for Soriano. Eventually Soriano was the architect for
Shulman's house and studio in Los Angeles.
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