Ezra Stoller (1915 – 2004) was an American architectural photographer.

He was born in Chicago. His interest in photography began while he was an architecture student at New York University, when he began making lantern slides and photographs of architectural models, drawings and sculpture. After his graduation in 1939, he concentrated on photography. His work featured landmarks of modern architecture, including Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, Alvar Aalto’s Finnish Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Stoller is often cited in aiding the spread of the Modern Movement. In 1961, he was the first recipient of the AIA Gold Medal for Photography. Stoller’s photographs were featured in the book Modern Architecture: Photographs by Ezra Stoller. In his later years, Stoller founded Esto Photographics, a commercial photography firm currently directed by his daughter Erica Stoller.

He died in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on 29 October 2004, from complications of a stroke.

The work of Ezra Stoller is featured in these exhibitions.

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Variations on a Theme

Contrasts

The work of Ezra Stoller is featured in these Theme Collections.

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Architecture – B&W

Urban Landscapes – B&W