As part of our Annual General Meeting program, Alan Hess- architect, historian and Preserve Orange County board chair- will share images of Orange County from the Julius Shulman Archives of the Getty Research Institute. The photographs cover the gamut of the accelerated new building that took place here from the 1950s onward. Commissioned by architects, developers, public relations firms, and newspaper publishers, Shulman’s work reveals a heavily marketed region and one that set standards for planning and architecture throughout the US.

Alan Hess has written and presented widely about the Modern era in Southern California architecture, including in a 2008 book with Michael Stern, Julius Shulman: Palm Springs.

Preserve Orange County members can attend the talk for free. The general public is welcome to attend by becoming a new member or by buying a ticket. An individual annual membership is $25 and a ticket for a non-member is $26/person. Please click here to register.