![]() Of all of these photos, this was closest to being the image that never was. Palm Springs provided the perfect getaway, and the gorgeous backdrop of mountains and desert scenery placed the home in a surreal setting. Kaufmann Sr., a Pittsburgh department store developer and investor (and the same person who commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater), the home was meant as a retreat from harsh northeast winters. Shulman's love of modernism is well documented, and this home in particular was a fabulous match for Shulman's eye. The Kaufmann house is a legendary Southern California architectural gem, and part of the reason for this is Shulman's photography of the place evoked incredible emotion with viewers of the day. Image #1: The Kaufmann House, Palm Springs, CA So for this article, I'm going to look at three of the most famous images from architectural photography's most famous shooter - and look into the history and creation (as well as try to reverse engineer each of them) to shed some light on the processes and techniques that were used to create such stunning images. Even though the techniques of the day may be dated and easily reproducible in Photoshop, it would be great to understand why he used the techniques he did at the time he did so I can adapt similar techniques myself.Ī visit to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West, again, to learn more about seeing and photographing architecture. Shulman is responsible for capturing many of architectural photography's most iconic images - and I really sought to find out what made the images so iconic and how he captured them, in order to incorporate the techniques and thought processes into my own work. As I mentioned above, the one name that pops up more than any other and who is more responsible for the recognition of architectural photography as its own art form is Julius Shulman. In my never-ending quest to find out more about my subjects and genre of choice, I've delved deep into the work of some of architectural photography's pioneers to find out their methods, how they saw architecture, and how they captured it. I learn more and more on every shoot I've undertaken, and I've traveled to some of recent architecture's most amazing landmarks, including projects by Frank Lloyd Wright, Pierre Koenig, Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe and Richard Neutra, and created personal projects around the world in order to gain a better understanding of my subject and how to best capture it.Ī trip to Iceland to learn about and study architecture. I was never formally trained in architecture or photography, but rather, environmental science, so everything I've learned has come from independent research and the devouring of materials in libraries and online. Since beginning to work as an architectural photographer, that pattern has continued, going so far as to move to Los Angeles to pursue it, and not a day goes by where I'm not thinking about how I can master and learn about what I'm putting in front of the camera. No matter what I'm into at that moment, I'm going to investigate it down to its darkest depths, to find out everything I possibly can, to learn about and dissect every aspect of that subject until I've mastered it. ![]() My family and friends will all agree: I'm obsessive. Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable - this is a long one. I wanted to take this time to look back at some historical architectural photography in an effort to best understand how we ended up where we are today. ![]() Hope all is well with you and yours.As an architectural photographer myself, I've been compelled to jump in and figure out just how he shot the incredible images that he did before the days of portable lights and post-processing techniques that we are accustomed to today. It's also about an architectural phenomenom in your fair city that I'm pretty sure you will be interested in. It's perhaps one of the greatest headlines to a story ever. Have you seen the piece in Bloomberg titled: 'How Los Angeles Became The City Of Dingbats'. Thanks Betty! It’s the most beautiful location! That photo with Larry reading a book reminds me of some sort of Edward Hopper painting. I’m definitely going to have to start following some of these blogs I appreciate several from the Information which has been composed.
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