Julius Shulman: Chicago Midcentury Modernism

New and vintage photography of Americas modernist architectural mecca. A visionary artist who has achieved worldwide fame, Julius Shulman transformed architectural photography. From his earliest photographs to those taken today, his work demonstrates a profound sensitivity to and appreciation for the spaces in which people live. These spaces, as seen through his lens, are at once luminous and profoundly shadowed, becoming spaces of intrigue and extraordinary beauty into which the observer longs to enter. This volume focuses on Shulmans Chicago work. This town is Americas First City of Architecture, and its modern architecture is the ideal subject for Shulmans lens. Featured here are the elegantly modern Minsk House, designed by Keck & Keck in 1955; the 1960 Burton Frank House, a mid-century modern gem; architect Harry Weeses inspired modernist home and studio of 1957; and many other modern masterpieces.