35 Examples Of Beautiful City Photography
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
Cairo, Egypt
Rapanui, Chile
Paris, France
Singapore
Rome, Italy
Machu Picchu, Peru
Lisbon, Portugal
Badalin, China
Bastide du Village de Monpazier, Périgord, Dordogne, France
Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
Valencia, Spain
Reykjavik, Iceland
Oia, Greece
Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem
Paris, France
Berlin, Germany
Barcelona, Spain
Carrbridge, UK
London, UK
Pisa, Italy
Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Marrakech, Morocco
Zugspitze, Germany / Austria
New York City, US
Hamburg, Germany
Barcelona, Spain
Moscow, Russia
Madrid, Spain
Tokyo, Japan
The Great Mosque, Makkah, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Newcastle, UK
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt
Pisa, Italy
Pura Luhur Uluwatu Temple, Bali
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
New York City, United States
Last Click
Lilla Torget (Little Square) Malmo, Sweden
Sources and Resources
- Wired.com Photo Contest: Cities
See the entrants to Wired.com’s city photo contest. - ePhotoZine – Architecture, a beginner’s guide
A beginner’s guide to architectural photography. - Universe Today
Photos of cities from space. - What Are Architectural Landscape Photos?
A guide to the history of architectural landscape photography. - Metro Arts and Architecture
A guide to the 50 most beautiful subway systems in the world. - Flickr Favorite City and Street Photographers
- Architectural Photography Inspiration
About the authors
Steven Snell is a Web designer and freelance blogger who can be found on his own blogs: Vandelay Website Design and DesignM.ag.
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Abdulmalik Althari
February 22nd, 2009 9:44 pmIt’s so cool pictures specially The Great Mosque in Makkah
thanks a lot
shan
February 28th, 2009 5:27 amnice pics i have ever seen.
Shouky
March 15th, 2009 11:25 pmNice shoots
Noor Badshah Yusafzai
April 6th, 2009 11:49 pmExilant Picture. espacialy Haram e Makkah & Haram e Aqdas. From Noor Badshah Yusafzai of Khunda, Swabi, Pakistan
Mark
April 13th, 2009 8:20 pm“Haram Al Sharif”? Why don’t you call the site by its real (and original) name – Temple Mount?
Erik
April 14th, 2009 4:56 amVery nice pictures! What I would also like to see is pictures of standard city houses made in some sort of special way.
dokanto
April 15th, 2009 10:24 pmThe oldest city of the world is Damascus, but we did not find a single photo.
zalam
April 25th, 2009 7:23 amall pics are excellent, EXCEPT a few with HDR. Those idiotic pictures with artificial colors, artificial skies and clouds look not real with a really bad bad bad taste and esthetics.
This is not photography, but digital manipulation, has nothing to do with photography – all photoshopping.
Enough of this crap!.. Arc of Triumph with million of stupid clouds….????…come on, be real.
zalam
April 25th, 2009 7:35 amyes Mark, #109, agree, people are fed with lies from our own regular media. You know the saying…repeat a lie 100 times and it becomes truth.
About the oldest city, Damascus is one. But Jericho and Hebron also.
Also Damascus wasn’t a city until 3000bc
Christoph
May 17th, 2009 6:17 amSimply amazing pictures. Most i love is “Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia”, because I like the blue.
smalps
June 17th, 2009 2:07 pmWow, these were awesome and inspiring!
HAZIR ALI ATTARI
July 17th, 2009 5:19 amexecellent selection.
HAZIR ALI ATTARI
July 17th, 2009 5:23 amExecellent selection but all of u are missing the most beautiful place on earth, MADINA UL MUNAWARA, KSA.
Jeff Tracey
August 10th, 2009 4:20 amOh my God. These photos are wonderful. I’m sure there are plenty of cities that have been missed but those that are there make one wonder. The world is beautiful
Fahad
August 17th, 2009 9:48 pmI love Rio de Janeiro, Brazil………anyone inviting me for a visit to Rio?
Ribendel
August 23rd, 2009 4:13 amUnas fotos fantásticas, da gusto verlas, además los retoques les han quedado geniales….. ¡que envidia!, en fin a seguir aprendiendo.
Felicidades por la colección.
STEPHY
August 31st, 2009 8:42 pmGREAAAAAAAAAAAT!! LOVE THEM!
Dipesh Baral
August 12th, 2010 12:54 amhi where r u frm?
Olger P
September 9th, 2009 3:23 pmA great, great, great, photos
David
September 15th, 2009 6:53 amI wolud like to watch the original RAW’s files
Asad khan
October 10th, 2009 7:37 amgood photo
marichu españa
October 12th, 2009 2:33 pmimpresionante, me encantan vuestras fotos… espectacular.
melanie
November 25th, 2009 12:41 ami love ur pics its so amazing …. the view is so beautiful ….. i really ur pics
keep workin … amazing …………….ohhhhhhhhhhhhhwwwwwwwww……
i i i really like it …
i wanna go in that place .. i wanna be like u someday ..
sattar
December 3rd, 2009 10:02 amSo much beautiful collection in series.
Really appriciate to all ….
sara
December 15th, 2009 7:19 amwow wow wow wow
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December 24th, 2009 6:45 amPAZ DO CODEIRO SANTO DE DEUS. GOSTEI IMAGEM BELISSIMAS, GOSTAREI DE RECEBER NOVOS IMAGEM. DEUS O ABENCOE QUEM FEZ ESTE SITE. FELIZ ANO NOVO CHEIO DE PROSPERIDADE
Allamdar Hussain
February 14th, 2010 10:14 amIts amazing and nice pictures ,,, beautiful work. . . . .. Awsome
LittLe LearneR
February 23rd, 2010 4:22 amwow great work!!!! : 0 what awesome pictures…..
Aine
May 21st, 2010 2:50 amwow…… Its amazing and nice pictures.
alexander
July 26th, 2010 6:16 amspain madrid city very beautıful
Dipesh Baral
August 12th, 2010 12:53 amVery very beautiful as well as amazing……………..!!!
hengameh
September 19th, 2010 12:29 amthanks,very good
i ‘m architect .there are Very very beautiful .
jeedan
September 19th, 2010 6:41 ammesmerizing shots.
Thiiix
September 20th, 2010 11:48 amI have amazing photos about Rio (Brazil) in my flickr!
flickr.com/thiiix
this is not a duplicate comment, I just sent back to correct my email is wrong
Thank you.
Kajal T
November 4th, 2010 12:48 amAmazing pics…
I like it…
SUSANA
November 23rd, 2010 1:03 pmPHOTOSHOP A FULL EH!!!! THATS NOT FARE!!!
WHAT LL BE YOU WITHOUT PHOTOSHOP???
Grant
December 21st, 2010 6:26 amStunning work- I love the London shot and the 2 New York ones. I work as a City Photographer and love the images you can capture in London. Grant
imran butt
February 21st, 2011 11:32 amwonderfull i have no any word gd vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv gd
hassan
June 3rd, 2011 5:49 amsuper this is fantastic wonderful wow this is the world beautiful picture
hail
August 3rd, 2011 3:17 pmthese are great photos and its got just great things and you just captured the very beauty of the photo
Fathalla gaara
December 25th, 2011 7:46 pmI felt that I have visited the beautiful place around the world.
thanks from Cairo