Mr. Shulman has the last word

An article in the WSJ sheds light on Julius Shulman's position on who calls the shots when it come to photographing houses: "Architects know nothing," he said. "I don't want them to show me the house. I want to show them how their house looks." Of course, how a house looked to Shulman, who had an eye for form and sensuality, would differ even from other architectural photographers. Helmut Newton, the fashion photographer, seems most like him in the effect his photographs have on the viewer. The article notes that Shulman encountered architects like Neutra who insisted on removing the furniture, although he preferred to shoot furnished houses with people in them, usually posed in what might be called David Lynch style - another [sometime] photographer who resembles him.