Adrian Ensor

“I’ve always been attracted to shapes and the way that shapes can be used in architectural photography. From taking half a dozen shots of small abstract areas of the structure, I aim to create the basis for an overall image of the building.”

Adrian Ensor is best known as one of Britain’s finest black and white printers and is two-times winner of the prestigious Ilford Printer of the Year Award. Over the past eight years, however, Ensor has been developing a reputation as a gifted architectural photographer, winning Silver for the Association of Photographers Structures Award in 1997.

Ensor’s images document some of the twentieth century’s greatest architectural achievements including the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, The British Museum Great Court, London and The Imperial War Museum, Salford. Taking his photographs both during the day and at night, each individual shot focuses on a small section of architecture that Ensor uses to express the overall impression created by the building. The viewer gets a real feel for what it must have been like to stand in front of the place and to experience its atmosphere.

Much of his earlier photographic work concentrated on London’s monuments. This subject matter has led to a sculptural approach to his photography. Through his darkroom expertise and use of tone, Ensor’s images have a depth and form that make them almost three-dimensional.

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