Ezra Stoller

Ezra Stoller was the American architectural photographer whose memorable photographs of buildings by the 20th century’s leading designers popularised architecture for a whole generation. His striking black and white photographs, which are among the world’s most frequently reproduced architectural images, played a key role in the shaping of public perceptions of modern architecture. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Kenzo Tange and many others turned to Stoller to capture their buildings on film, and Philip Johnson once said that no modern building was complete until it had been “Stollerised”, or photographed by Stoller.

From the point of view of architects, Stoller’s appeal was twofold. He prepared his shoots with meticulous, painstaking detail, often visiting the site several times before photographing the building, to observe how the light affected it at different times of the day. His photographs were graphically powerful, with sharp contrasts between light and shadow. After years of observation, he knew how shade could best illustrate the form of a building while shadow could reveal its texture. He spent hours investigating the best angles from which to shoot, often drawing his own diagrams of the site to ensure he placed his large format camera in precisely the right spot from which to capture the finest essence of the building.

- The Times of London

These works were featured in "Ezra Stoller: Buildings of New York," at Danziger Projects.


"TWA Terminal, 1962," [Architect: Eero Saarinen], Silver Gelatin Print, (20 x 16 inches).


"Lever House Corporate Headquarters, NYC, 1952," [Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill], Silver Gelatin Print, (20 x 16 inches).