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“And I was very successful at baby photography... Strange isn't it? Because some of my portraits of babies were - I used dramatic lighting, shadow lighting, and I didn't use flash. We didn't have flash in those days, we just had floodlights, and I was photographing babies as I would an object - an inanimate object, for that matter.”

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Julius Shulman was a renowned American photographer known for his contributions to modern architectural photography. His work captured the essence of American architectural design in the mid-20th century, particularly skilled in depicting the lines and spatial sense of buildings. more

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