Ezra Stoller was an American architect photographer. He lived from 16 May 1915 to 29 October 2004.
Table of Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Death
- 3 Career
- 3.1 Ezra Stoller: A Photographic History of Modern American Architecture
- 3.2 Ezra Stoller, Photographer
- 3.3 Modern Architecture : Photographs by Ezra Stoller
- 3.4 The Seagram Building: Building Blocks Series (Building Block Series)
- 3.5 The TWA Terminal: The Building Block Series
- 3.6 The Yale Art + Architecture Building: The Building Block Series
- 3.7 The Galveston That Was
- 3.8 Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (Building Block Series)
- 3.9 The Salk Institute: Building Block Series
- 3.10 Building Blocks, The Whitney Museum of American Art
Early life
Stoller 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. He became a photographer after his 1938 graduation.
Death
He died in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on 29 October 2004, from complications of a stroke.
Career
His work featured landmarks of modern architecture, including Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Alvar Aalto’s Finnish Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and Eero Saarinen’s last project Bell Labs Holmdel Complex. Stoller has been often mentioned in his efforts to spread the Modern Movement.
He was awarded the American Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal for Photography in 1961. Stoller’s photographs are featured in the books Modern Architecture: Photographs by Ezra Stoller and Ezra Stoller, Photographer. Stoller, in his later years, founded Esto Photographics. This commercial photography company is currently managed by Erica Stoller.
Stoller’s son Evan Stoller is an architect and designer of a line of architecturally influenced modern furniture called Stoller Works.
Last update 2021-08-06