Background
Stoller, Ezra was born on May 16, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Max and Esther (Zistblatt) Stoller.
Stoller, Ezra was born on May 16, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Max and Esther (Zistblatt) Stoller.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, New York University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Pratt Institute, 1998.
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 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 is often cited in aiding the spread of the Modern Movement.
In 1961, he was the first recipient of a Gold Medal for Photography from the American Institute of Architects. Stoller"s photographs are featured in the books Modern Architecture: Photographs by Ezra Stoller and Ezra Stoller, Photographer.
Stoller"s son Evan Stoller is an architect and designer of a line of architecturally influenced modern furniture called Stoller Works. He died in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on 29 October 2004, from complications of a stroke.
Solo Exhibit
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, 1980
James Danziger Gallery, New York, 1998
James Danziger Gallery, New New York
1999
Rolf Ricke Gallery, Cologne, 2000
Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York, 2001
Henry Urbach Architecture Gallery, New York, 2002
Henry Urbach Architecture Gallery, New York, 2004
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown Master of Arts, 2004
Danziger Projects, Summer 2007
Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, 2011
Group Exhibit
Canadian Center for Architecture
San Francisco Museum of Modern Artist
Member American Institute of Architects (honorary), American Society Magazine Photographers (past president, lifetime achievement award 1982), Architectural League New York (Gold medal 1955).
Married Helen Rubin, September 23, 1938. Children: Erica, Evan, Lincoln.