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I love the art of photography, so was excited to visit the new Annenberg Space for Photography last weekend for the "Sport: Iooss & Leifer" exhibit. Spanning the careers of two legendary sports photographers, Walter Iooss and Neil Leifer, this cool exhibit features many famous photos and a digital feature documentary presentation about how they have captured high-action moments and athlete portraits in such brilliant detail and clarity. I particularly enjoyed the black and white photographs from the 1960s era in baseball and football, and the iconic ringside shots of Muhammed Ali. The Annenberg space itself is very modern and spacious, but is tucked inside a large professional complex without adequate signage, so plan your trip ahead of time.

The visit also reminded me of a terrific documentary on photography that I saw earlier this year at the DWELL on Design conference, Eric Bricker's Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman. The film celebrates the career and life of this singular architectural photographer who hit his apex in the mid-20th century working for the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra. It also showcases many of the modern homes that Shulman captured in his luminous style. Julius Shulman recently passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 98, but I'm glad he lived to see this anthology of his life's work. His stunning photographs, including the iconic 1960 shot of Koenig's Case Study House #22 (The Stahl House), will surely live on. The Stahl House is now open for tours, by the way, which I recommend for its amazing views of Los Angeles.

A picture is definitely worth a thousand words.