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From: sbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Steve Brock)
Subject: Review of A Constructed View (Julius Schulman/Photog./Archit.)
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 02:51:24 GMT
A CONSTRUCTED VIEW: THE ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF JULIUS
SCHULMAN by Joseph Rosa. Rizzoli International Publications, 300
Park Avenue South, N.Y., NY 10010, (800) 462-3387, FAX: (212) 982-
3866 in NY, (212) 387-3535 all other areas. Illustrated (268
total, 8 in color), index, notes, selected bibliography, list of
exhibitions, list of clients. 224 pp., $50.00 cloth.
0-8478-1777-6
REVIEW
"Anyone can learn how to use a camera. What's
important is learning to see."
-- Julius Schulman
L.A. has undergone so many crises that looking at the cover
this book, showing a house on the edge of a hillside overlooking
the distant city lights, makes one immediately wonder, "did it get
burned up in the fire or reduced to rubble in the earthquake?"
In "A Constructed View," southern California's espousal of
modern architecture is documented by more than 50 years of
primarily black-and-white photographs, and these illustrations come
close to defining the word "composition."
Several of these locations bring back fond memories, as I have
seen many of these buildings and houses in person, such as Von
Sternberg House in Northridge, the infamous Shangri-La Apartments
in Santa Monica, the Case Study House #20 in Altadena (with a pine
tree growing out of the roof), and Frank Lloyd Wright's Millard
House in Pasadena (that I used to believe was owned by satan-
worshipers).
"A Constructed View," even though the opening essay glosses
over Shulman's unique way of making his intuitive images appear
impossible to conceive, is a highly recommended trip down memory
lane for both architecture and photography enthisiasts.
From: sbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Steve Brock)
Subject: Review of A Constructed View (Julius Schulman/Photog./Archit.)
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 02:51:24 GMT
A CONSTRUCTED VIEW: THE ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF JULIUS
SCHULMAN by Joseph Rosa. Rizzoli International Publications, 300
Park Avenue South, N.Y., NY 10010, (800) 462-3387, FAX: (212) 982-
3866 in NY, (212) 387-3535 all other areas. Illustrated (268
total, 8 in color), index, notes, selected bibliography, list of
exhibitions, list of clients. 224 pp., $50.00 cloth.
0-8478-1777-6
REVIEW
"Anyone can learn how to use a camera. What's
important is learning to see."
-- Julius Schulman
L.A. has undergone so many crises that looking at the cover
this book, showing a house on the edge of a hillside overlooking
the distant city lights, makes one immediately wonder, "did it get
burned up in the fire or reduced to rubble in the earthquake?"
In "A Constructed View," southern California's espousal of
modern architecture is documented by more than 50 years of
primarily black-and-white photographs, and these illustrations come
close to defining the word "composition."
Several of these locations bring back fond memories, as I have
seen many of these buildings and houses in person, such as Von
Sternberg House in Northridge, the infamous Shangri-La Apartments
in Santa Monica, the Case Study House #20 in Altadena (with a pine
tree growing out of the roof), and Frank Lloyd Wright's Millard
House in Pasadena (that I used to believe was owned by satan-
worshipers).
"A Constructed View," even though the opening essay glosses
over Shulman's unique way of making his intuitive images appear
impossible to conceive, is a highly recommended trip down memory
lane for both architecture and photography enthisiasts.