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35 Examples Of Beautiful City Photography

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More people across the world are living in cities than ever before. Cities are both places of historical significance and the engines of the world’s economy. They’re also home to some of the greatest treasures and buildings that mankind has created. Cities are wonderful subjects for photography. They offer a variety of subjects suitable for both straight and HDR photography, including architectural, street and night photography. The structure, angles and texture you get with architectural photography make it unique and very engaging.

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More people across the world are living in cities than ever before. Cities are both places of historical significance and the engines of the world’s economy. They’re also home to some of the greatest treasures and buildings that mankind has created. Cities are wonderful subjects for photography. They offer a variety of subjects suitable for both straight and HDR photography, including architectural, street and night photography. The structure, angles and texture you get with architectural photography make it unique and very engaging.

From the energy of Cairo to the canals of Venice, Smashing Magazine celebrates the diversity of the world’s cities by presenting you 35 beautiful city photos. Be sure to check out the portfolios of the talented photographers whose work you see here. We’ve also included some useful links at the bottom of the article.

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35 Beautiful City Photos

KoRaYeM

Beautiful City Photo
Cairo, Egypt

miguelyn

Beautiful City Photo
Rapanui, Chile

Gaston Batistini

Beautiful City Photo
Paris, France

Joan Leong

Beautiful City Photo
Singapore

Portiman

Beautiful City Photo
Rome, Italy

szeke

Beautiful City Photo
Machu Picchu, Peru

Thomas Ebenhan
Beautiful City Photo
Lisbon, Portugal

Foureyes

architectural photography
Badalin, China

David Giral

Beautiful City Photo
Bastide du Village de Monpazier, Périgord, Dordogne, France

Serijo_r

Beautiful City Photo
Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia

Juanma Alvarez

Beautiful City Photo
Valencia, Spain

Ævar Guðmundsson

Beautiful City Photo
Reykjavik, Iceland

Giuseppe Finocchiaro

Beautiful City Photo
Oia, Greece

Alex Marlowski

Beautiful City Photo
Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem

Svensson

architectural photography
Paris, France

Thomas Ebenhan

Beautiful City Photo
Berlin, Germany

Franco Farina

Beautiful City Photo
Barcelona, Spain

Colin Allan

Beautiful City Photo
Carrbridge, UK

Katarina Stefanovic

Beautiful City Photo
London, UK

Joaquim Granell

Beautiful City Photo
Pisa, Italy

Razu Ryza

Beautiful City Photo
Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Eric Toriel

Beautiful City Photo
Marrakech, Morocco

Ben Visbeek

Beautiful City Photo
Zugspitze, Germany / Austria

Joep Roosen

Beautiful City Photo
New York City, US

Andrea Kamal

Beautiful City Photo
Hamburg, Germany

Franco Farina

Beautiful City Photo
Barcelona, Spain

Andrey Permitin

Beautiful City Photo

Beautiful City Photo

Beautiful City Photo
Moscow, Russia

Ruben Seabra
Beautiful City Photo
Madrid, Spain

David Rocaberti

Beautiful City Photo
Tokyo, Japan

Jasbir Singh

Beautiful City Photo
The Great Mosque, Makkah, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Sean Mantey

Beautiful City Photo
Newcastle, UK

Joep Roosen

Beautiful City Photo
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Joanot

Beautiful City Photo
Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt

butterflyscream

architectural photography
Pisa, Italy

Istvan Kadar

Beautiful City Photo
Pura Luhur Uluwatu Temple, Bali

André Luiz Martins

Beautiful City Photo
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fulvio Pellegrini

Beautiful City Photo
New York City, United States

Last Click

Mark Bowman

Beautiful City Photo
Lilla Torget (Little Square) Malmo, Sweden

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