Before you say it, I know that architectural photography is a mainstay of the photography community. But, there's no harm in taking another look, broadening your definitions, and looking for new inspiration in decidedly fertile ground.

Below I'm hoping you'll find something, or several things, that will pique your interest and cause you to venture out into the world of architecture with your camera. The physical achievements of mankind are unashamedly numerous and unimaginably diverse, I believe our fascination with photographing them is well warranted.

In presenting an array of interesting takes on architectural photography, there has been a conscious effort made to cover a whole spectrum of ideas and specific subjects. From abstract architectural textures, to vanishing point shots and cityscapes. The hope is that the selection below will ignite your imagination and give you a passion for capturing not only the famous and obvious, but the intriguing architectural elements around you.

When hunting for worthy candidates, I found a disappointing dirge of photographs from my home city of Manchester, England. Perhaps together we can capture the essence of our cities and towns, and give incredible and interesting architecture the attention it's due.

Photo Inspiration

ecstaticist

Trey Ratcliff

Andreas Levers

Thomas Hawk

Daniela Hartmann

Fred

Thomas Hawk

telmo32

Spreng Ben

Jennifer

David Pons

Trey Ratcliff

Bert Kaufmann

Davidlohr Bueso

Spreng Ben

Pierre Metivier

Fred

Ian Southwell

Rohit Mattoo

Mandana

Evelyn Berg

Boris SV

Marina Perevezentseva

Randy Lemoine

Thomas Hawk

Reto Fetz

MorBCN

ERIO

Paco CT

Fred

Trey Ratcliff

Samyra Serin

Marc

Juan JosŽ Aza

seier+seier

MorBCN

David Blaikie

Bu

Spreng Ben

Juan Salmoral

Jes

seier+seier

ƒole Wind

StŽfan

Guillermo Casas Baruque

Toshihiro Oimatsu

Jose Maria Cuellar

Alfonso

Thomas Hawk

Simon Bray

Jes

Trey Ratcliff

Aurelio Asiain

Spreng Ben

sunsurfr

svenwerk

Paolo Margari

LeRamz

tai schomaker

Gilson Geoffrey

Joel Bankhead

masaomi

svenwerk

Toni Blay

Evan Leeson

viamoi

Tony Vo

Eric

Dennis Jarvis

Navin

Michael Chen

tanakawho

Trey Ratcliff

R—bert Kiss

Stefan Georgi

Michael Galkovsky

Jose Maria Cuellar

Chris JL

Henning MŸhlinghaus

Jean

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Share Your Own Images!

I hope you've enjoyed the photographs and that they've inspired you to go out and capture something amazing for yourself! We'd love to see your favourite architecture shots - just post a comment and link below. Also, feel free to link to any resources that you've found particularly helpful in this area.