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Woodbury University’s Julius Shulman Institute to honor photographer Todd Eberle

An exhibit of the veteran lensman’s work will open this week at the architecture school’s Hollywood art gallery

By Pauline O'Connor
Julius Shulman at the Kaufman House in Palm Springs in July 2003.
All photos by Todd Eberle

In 2005, LA’s pre-eminent architectural photographer, Julius Shulman, endowed a namesake institute at Woodbury University, its mission to promote “understanding and appreciation of photography of the built environment.”

To help further that effort, in 2010, the Julius Shulman Institute created its annual Excellence in Photography Award, with past honorees including Iwan Baan, Catherine Opie, and Grant Mudford.

This year’s recipient is Todd Eberle, the longtime Photographer at Large for Vanity Fair, whose work spans the worlds of art, architecture, politics, culture, and technology. In conjunction with the award, Woodbury University will also host an exhibition of Eberle’s photos in its Hollywood Outpost (WUHO).

Top left: Florence Knoll Bassett with a Painting by Jack Youngerman in Coconut Grove, Florida in December 2003. Top right: Stair, Itamaraty Palace, (1958–60), Oscar Niemeyer, Brasília, February 1998. Bottom: David Adjaye in Length x Width x Height, London, October 2004.

The Marfa National Bank, Donald Judd, Marfa, Texas, November 1998.
President Clinton’s desk in the Oval Office at The White House in Washington D.C. in April 1999.

Running from May 4 to June 25, the exhibit will showcase portraits of a host of architectural greats and cultural icons, including Julius Shulman, Philip Johnson, Florence Knoll Bassett, Donald Judd, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and Rem Koolhaas.

The WUHO gallery is free and open to the public Thursday through Sunday.

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