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.

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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  1. 101

    Abdulmalik Althari

    February 22nd, 2009 9:44 pm

    It’s so cool pictures specially The Great Mosque in Makkah
    thanks a lot

    0
  2. 102

    nice pics i have ever seen.

    +1
  3. 103

    Nice shoots

    0
  4. 104

    Noor Badshah Yusafzai

    April 6th, 2009 11:49 pm

    Exilant Picture. espacialy Haram e Makkah & Haram e Aqdas. From Noor Badshah Yusafzai of Khunda, Swabi, Pakistan

    0
  5. 105

    “Haram Al Sharif”? Why don’t you call the site by its real (and original) name – Temple Mount?

    +1
  6. 106

    Very nice pictures! What I would also like to see is pictures of standard city houses made in some sort of special way.

    +1
  7. 107

    The oldest city of the world is Damascus, but we did not find a single photo.

    +1
  8. 108

    all 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.

    -1
  9. 109

    yes 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

    0
  10. 110

    Simply amazing pictures. Most i love is “Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia”, because I like the blue.

    0
  11. 111

    Wow, these were awesome and inspiring!

    0
  12. 112

    HAZIR ALI ATTARI

    July 17th, 2009 5:19 am

    execellent selection.

    +2
  13. 113

    HAZIR ALI ATTARI

    July 17th, 2009 5:23 am

    Execellent selection but all of u are missing the most beautiful place on earth, MADINA UL MUNAWARA, KSA.

    +1
  14. 114

    Oh 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

    +1
  15. 115

    I love Rio de Janeiro, Brazil………anyone inviting me for a visit to Rio?

    +1
  16. 116

    Unas fotos fantásticas, da gusto verlas, además los retoques les han quedado geniales….. ¡que envidia!, en fin a seguir aprendiendo.

    Felicidades por la colección.

    +1
  17. 117

    GREAAAAAAAAAAAT!! LOVE THEM!

    +2
  18. 119

    A great, great, great, photos

    +1
  19. 120

    I wolud like to watch the original RAW’s files

    +1
  20. 121

    good photo

    -1
  21. 122

    marichu españa

    October 12th, 2009 2:33 pm

    impresionante, me encantan vuestras fotos… espectacular.

    +1
  22. 123

    i 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 ..

    +1
  23. 124

    So much beautiful collection in series.
    Really appriciate to all ….

    +1
  24. 125

    wow wow wow wow

    +1
  25. 126

    jubiratan garcia da santana

    December 24th, 2009 6:45 am

    PAZ 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

    +1
  26. 127

    Allamdar Hussain

    February 14th, 2010 10:14 am

    Its amazing and nice pictures ,,, beautiful work. . . . .. Awsome

    +1
  27. 128

    wow great work!!!! : 0 what awesome pictures…..

    0
  28. 129

    wow…… Its amazing and nice pictures.

    +1
  29. 130

    spain madrid city very beautıful

    +1
  30. 131

    Very very beautiful as well as amazing……………..!!!

    +1
  31. 132

    thanks,very good
    i ‘m architect .there are Very very beautiful .

    +1
  32. 133

    mesmerizing shots.

    +1
  33. 134

    I 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.

    +1
  34. 135

    Amazing pics…
    I like it…

    +1
  35. 136

    PHOTOSHOP A FULL EH!!!! THATS NOT FARE!!!
    WHAT LL BE YOU WITHOUT PHOTOSHOP???

    +2
  36. 137

    Stunning 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

    +1
  37. 138

    wonderfull i have no any word gd vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv gd

    +1
  38. 139

    super this is fantastic wonderful wow this is the world beautiful picture

    +1
  39. 140

    these are great photos and its got just great things and you just captured the very beauty of the photo

    +1
  40. 141

    I felt that I have visited the beautiful place around the world.
    thanks from Cairo

    0
  41. 142

    Muhammad Nadeem

    July 16th, 2012 7:44 am

    All Pictures are very nice

    0

  1. 1

    HAZIR ALI ATTARI

    July 17th, 2009 5:19 am

    execellent selection.

    +2
  2. 2

    GREAAAAAAAAAAAT!! LOVE THEM!

    +2
  3. 3

    PHOTOSHOP A FULL EH!!!! THATS NOT FARE!!!
    WHAT LL BE YOU WITHOUT PHOTOSHOP???

    +2
  4. 4

    Amazing pics…
    I like it…

    +1
  5. 5

    @Spongebob : I see your point. But to mention Nazis and the holocaust was unnecessary.

    +1
  6. 6

    Very Nice collection
    Here is one of New Orleans I really like

    http://www.zooomr.com/photos/alexoz/6686052/

    +1
  7. 7

    stunning !

    +1
  8. 8

    The oldest city of the world is Damascus, but we did not find a single photo.

    +1
  9. 9

    nice pics i have ever seen.

    +1
  10. 10

    “Haram Al Sharif”? Why don’t you call the site by its real (and original) name – Temple Mount?

    +1
  11. 11

    Very nice pictures! What I would also like to see is pictures of standard city houses made in some sort of special way.

    +1
  12. 12

    A great, great, great, photos

    +1
  13. 13

    Oh 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

    +1
  14. 14

    I love Rio de Janeiro, Brazil………anyone inviting me for a visit to Rio?

    +1
  15. 15

    HAZIR ALI ATTARI

    July 17th, 2009 5:23 am

    Execellent selection but all of u are missing the most beautiful place on earth, MADINA UL MUNAWARA, KSA.

    +1
  16. 16

    I wolud like to watch the original RAW’s files

    +1
  17. 17

    wow wow wow wow

    +1
  18. 18

    So much beautiful collection in series.
    Really appriciate to all ….

    +1
  19. 19

    Unas fotos fantásticas, da gusto verlas, además los retoques les han quedado geniales….. ¡que envidia!, en fin a seguir aprendiendo.

    Felicidades por la colección.

    +1
  20. 20

    marichu españa

    October 12th, 2009 2:33 pm

    impresionante, me encantan vuestras fotos… espectacular.

    +1
  21. 21

    jubiratan garcia da santana

    December 24th, 2009 6:45 am

    PAZ 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

    +1
  22. 22

    i 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 ..

    +1
  23. 23

    Allamdar Hussain

    February 14th, 2010 10:14 am

    Its amazing and nice pictures ,,, beautiful work. . . . .. Awsome

    +1
  24. 24

    wow…… Its amazing and nice pictures.

    +1
  25. 25

    spain madrid city very beautıful

    +1
  26. 26

    Very very beautiful as well as amazing……………..!!!

    +1
  27. 27

    hi where r u frm?

    +1
  28. 28

    thanks,very good
    i ‘m architect .there are Very very beautiful .

    +1
  29. 29

    mesmerizing shots.

    +1
  30. 30

    I 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.

    +1

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