About Jim Signorelli
A Lifelong Interest in Photography
My interest in photography began at age ten, when my parents gave me a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. The camera was simple, but the idea that a photograph could preserve and interpret a moment stayed with me.
From Advertising to Fine-Art Photography
I later spent 40 years in advertising, working alongside art directors, designers, and photographers on campaigns for major brands. That experience sharpened my understanding of composition, visual hierarchy, and the relationship between an image and the environment in which it appears.
Why Black and White
Today, I concentrate primarily on black-and-white architectural photography. Removing color allows line, geometry, texture, light, and shadow to become more prominent. I am particularly interested in how architecture can be transformed from a physical structure into a more abstract and expressive image.
Available Prints
Each photograph is carefully edited to refine tonal relationships and emphasize the character of the original scene. My work is created for contemporary interiors, including homes, offices, conference rooms, hospitality spaces, and other professional environments.
A selected collection is available as fine-art prints, framed prints, canvas, and metal through Fine Art America, which handles production and fulfillment.
Now retired from advertising, I continue to photograph, edit, print, and teach photo editing at the Evanston Art Center.