The Modern Touch

Photographer Julius Shulman was largely responsible for introducing architectural modernism to the people of California. His images not only brought new work to light in the 50s and 60s, but intuitively communicated the unique optimism and rigor of the international style. Shulman died in June this year at the age of 98, but not before taking part in the filming of Visual Acoustics, a documentary about his work and practices. In this clip of the film Shulman revisits the site of his most famous photograph, a shot of Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House #22 from 1960.