Kaufmann House, Palm Springs

Photographed in 1960, this iconic gelatin silver print captures Richard Neutra's modernist masterpiece with a compositional sophistication that became Shulman's signature approach to architectural photography. The image exemplifies mid century California modernism through its dramatic perspective, which positions the cantilevered house against the desert landscape while incorporating reflective pools that dissolve the boundary between interior and exterior space. Shulman's technical mastery of light and shadow transforms the architecture into a study of geometric form and spatial relationships, establishing this photograph as one of the most influential documents of postwar American design.