He was born in 1915 in Chicago and was one of those children who early realized his calling in life: while attending technical drawing classes, young Ezra was simply mesmerized by the magic of drawings. He himself later recalled: “I was amazed by the opportunity to display a three-dimensional world in a two-dimensional interpretation.”

It is not surprising that this love led him to the School of Architecture at New York University. It was there that a second passion arose, which later became the main one – photography.

But, not wanting to part with his beloved architecture, Ezra decided to combine his two passions. This is how one of the pioneers of professional architectural photography appeared. Since 1939, since graduating from university, Ezra Stoller has been a professional photographer, and his career lasted no less than fifty years.

During this time, buildings of many architectural styles appeared in front of his lens, replacing each other over the decades. The buildings of the 1980s were completely different from the buildings of the 1940s, but one thing united them: the beauty of the architectural design, and Ezra Stoller tried not only to capture, but also to emphasize this beauty with all his photographs.

He knew that he was quite capable of this: “I see my work like a musician – he is given a score that he must bring to life and do it as well as it can be! While I cannot make a bad building good, I can draw strength from a work that has strength.”

In 1960, the American Institute of Architects awarded Ezra Stoller a gold medal. He was the first photographer to be awarded this medal, which was originally intended to honor the achievements of outstanding architects.

This was far from the only encouragement for the outstanding photographer: over the years of his career he received awards from both architects and photographers. And this is a real recognition of a person who has been revealing the beauty of buildings to people for many years.