Julius Shulman / Modern San Diego

Photograph of Edward Killingsworth's Triad House by Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

Keith York at Modern San Diego has two exhibitions coming up... 

Recognized for his work in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, it is not widely known that between 1934 and 2007, architectural photographer Julius Shulman (1910 - 2009) shot over 200 projects in San Diego.  His clients were architects, publishers, construction companies, and developers, and included notable San Diego architects Lloyd Ruocco, Sim Bruce Richards, Henry Hester, and Frederick Liebhardt. Shulman's work, spanning several decades, documented the region's evolving 20th century architectural landscape, and he played an instrumental role in sharing California's unique post-War modernism with a wide audience. Through a large number of publications and exhibitions, focused largely on his work in Palm Springs and Los Angeles for architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Pierre Koenig, Charles Eames, and Richard Neutra, interest in Shulman's work continues to this day. However, his images of San Diego have not been widely shared or published.  This exhibition will present selected photographs from Julius Shulman's projects in La Jolla, represented in both vintage and contemporary prints, and ephemera that contextualize this historically significant work.

Photograph by Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10).

As with Modern La Jolla, this second exhibition will present selected photographs from Julius Shulman's projects in San Diego, represented in both vintage and contemporary prints, and ephemera.