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Party in the Sky: 1960May 9, 1960. One of the landmark images in the history of 20th-century architecture: Julius Shulman's nighttime shot of Ann Lightbody and Cynthia Murfee in Case Study House #22, the Stahl residence at 1635 Woods Drive in the Hollywood Hills, overlooking Sunset Boulevard. Architect: Pierre Koenig. The photograph, taken with a Swiss-made Sinar 4x5 view camera, is a double exposure: Seven minutes for the background with the house lights turned off, then a flash shot for the interior, with flashbulbs replacing the regular incandescent lamps in the ceiling fixtures. View full size. 
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Terrific photo, I agree. But I don't think that the explanation is accurate. I think the that globe lights overhead were left on with their incandescent bulbs during the time exposure for the city. Then, a flash was set off, but from the left interior of the house (notice the shadow on the ceiling to the right of the overhead globe light). Brilliant stuff, but then Shulman was brilliant and he had the perfect subject in the modern architecture in California.
Brilliant.
Shulman's iconic image encapsulating the spirit of the age. Of course it implies much more than what is actually there, but what a picture, eh?