'I like to think of my father and Los Angeles as siblings; they grew up together,' says Judy McKee, of Julius Shulman, the photographer who documented and championed Southern Califomian modernism over a career that spanned from the 1930s to his death at the age of 98 last year. It is an appropriate image: the dialectic between man and his environment is what distinguishes Bricker's directorial debut; weaving a chronological examination of Shulman's career with a history of modernism, as well as a personal portrait of the photographer in his final years. It also demonstrates the reach of the photographer's influence, with interviewees including artist Ed Ruscha, fashion designer Tom Ford and gallerist Craig Krull.
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