Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman (1910-2009), the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern California’s modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. Directed by Eric Bricker with narration by Dustin Hoffman and appearances from Tom Ford to Frank Gehry.

The movie has won the Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Austin Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Lone Star International Film Festival and Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

Here’s some of his photographs.

All images are copyright of Julius Shulman.