Ezra Stoller

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Ezra Stoller (born May 16, 1915 in Chicago , Illinois , † October 29, 2004 in Williamstown , Massachusetts ) was an American architectural photographer . Along with Julius Shulman , Stoller is considered the most important post-war modernist architecture photographer in the USA.

Life

Stoller, born in Chicago in 1915, was best known for his photographs of important buildings in the USA. Among other things, he published photos of the Frank Lloyd Wright's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , Eero Saarinen's TWA terminals and Louis Kahn's Salk Institute in the 1950s and 1960s .

Stoller studied architecture at New York University and founded the photo agency “Esto Photographics” in 1966. He loved and admired the modern post-war architecture of the time. Well-known architects from his time felt honored when their buildings aroused Stoller's interest. His photographs were mainly published in black and white and in large format.

Stoller died of a stroke on October 29, 2004 at the age of 89 at his home in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2011: Ezra Stoller: "What's on in New York" at Yossi Milo Gallery New York, from January 6th to February 12th, 2011
  • 2007: Danziger Projects
  • 2004: Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown MA
  • 2004, 2002: Henry Urbach Architecture Gallery, New York
  • 2001: Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York
  • 2000: Galerie Rolf Ricke , Cologne
  • 1999, 1998: James Danziger Gallery, New York
  • 1980: Max Protetch Gallery, New York

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • Canadian Center for Architecture
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.juliusshulmanfilm.com/ Eric Bricker: "Visual Acoustics", 2008
personal data
SURNAME Stoller, Ezra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American architectural photographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 2004
Place of death Williamstown , Massachusetts