Architectural Photography

I never quite liked architecture magazines or books. I always found the images to be flat and dull, even if technically masterful and the architecture beautiful. Perhaps it was the compositions devoid of people and the cold, objective ways built spaces are portrayed in two dimensions. Enter Julian Shulman. I had never heard, read, or seen any of his works until someone introduced me to this trailer and it's easy to instantly gain an appreciation of the medium.

I always thought that architecture should be experienced in the flesh. And while I still believe that is the best way to experience architecture, photography can bring a lot to it. From the sparse few images in the trailer and a rudimentary search on Shulman's work, it is immediately evident that his arrangement of geometry, line, and humanism creates a composition which stands out as an art form in itself. It would appear as if Shulman is the architectural-photographic version of Mies. Often copied but rarely perfected. I do not know where this movie will be screened in Canada but I'll certainly be on the look out for it.

-- Matt S.