Jim Signorelli

Jim Signorelli is a Chicago-area fine-art photographer specializing in black-and-white architectural photography.

Before devoting himself to fine-art photography, Jim spent more than 40 years at major advertising agencies in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles—including 16 years as CEO of Ebel, Signorelli, Welke. That experience taught him to look beyond what something is and search for the story it has to tell.

For Jim, architecture tells a story. A sweeping curve can suggest movement, repeating forms can create rhythm, and converging lines can pull the eye toward a destination. Light and shadow add mood, revealing strength, elegance, tension or mystery. By working primarily in black and white, he removes distractions and emphasizes the lines, forms and contrasts that give a structure its character. Although much of his work features Chicago, his purpose is not simply to document buildings, but to interpret them.

Jim is also an author and photography educator who teaches Photoshop and creative photo editing at the Evanston Art Center and through private instruction.

His work is created for homes, offices and hospitality spaces—and for anyone who appreciates the quiet drama of architecture seen from a different point of view.