A real photographer joins tower.is
We're excited to announce our first photography partnership. Ed Braidwood, known as HIYAFOTO, is a UK-based photographer with a sharp eye for architecture, urban landscapes, and the kind of tower shots that make you stop scrolling.
Ed's work brings something we've been missing — real photography from someone who actually knows what they're doing. His black-and-white shots of London's towers have a cinematic quality that our SVG illustrations, however lovingly crafted, simply can't match.
His first contributions
Ed has contributed 9 original tower photographs to the collection:
London: - The Shard — Western Europe's tallest, captured at night from street level - Tower Bridge — the iconic Thames crossing, shot from the riverbank at low tide - Barbican Tower — brutalist London wrapped in a pink art installation - One Canada Square — Canary Wharf's pyramid-topped landmark - Thames Crossing Pylon — industrial beauty on the Kent marshes - Chesterfield Crooked Spire — the medieval spire that twists 45 degrees
International: - Eiffel Tower — Paris through Ed's lens, in classic black and white - Kiyomizu-dera Pagoda — the vermillion pagoda above Kyoto, in vivid colour - Barangaroo Towers — Sydney's harbourside skyline from the water
What this means
Every tower page that features Ed's photography now shows a credit linking back to his portfolio. We believe in giving proper credit to the people who make this site better.
We're looking forward to more from Ed — and to more partnerships like this one.
Want to contribute?
If you're a photographer with original tower shots, we'd love to hear from you. Visit our contributors page or email tower@tower.is. You'll get full credit on every page that uses your work, with a link to your portfolio.