Cityscape

Extremely high resolution cityscapes by Will Pearson. These images will print to vast scales making them suitable for anywhere large-scale artwork is required. City of London skylines, London cityscapes and cityscapes from around the world.

Sky News Studio Backplate

I am a London photographer who has been capturing the city’s skyline for many years. So, I was delighted to have been commissioned to shoot the new Sky News studio backplate. Project specs The Sky Newsroom Brief Sky News are now based in Westminster. They wanted a background for the LED volume behind the newsreaders.…
Roseate London

The view in this image encompasses so much of the London skyline and many of its iconic buildings. To the left, you have the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. The London Eye with Buckingham Palace nestled behind it within St James’ Park. Move along the Thames to cross the city into the centre of…
Will Pearson, A London Photographer

Will Pearson is a London photographer, working solo and collaboratively with other creatives. He specialises in cityscape, architectural and landscape photography. If you have a project in mind, please send us your details in the contact form below and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Will Pearson is a London photographer specialising…
The City Awaits

City of London Photography This image was shot in December 2018, with the City of London in a period of unprecedented construction growth. The London skyline is changing daily. It’s a really exciting time to be photographing these iconic views. In contrast, inside these buildings, the thought is all of Brexit. The UK is on…
London Begins

A London Sunrise Panorama A new day over London, and the sunrise washes over the city. The square mile is drenched in light, the enormous buildings momentarily insubstantial. Usually, it’s the tall buildings that are the heroes of any cityscape. But here, the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court at the British Museum really proclaims its…
London Wide

As a cityscape photographer, I’m often asked “what building is that?”. The London skyline is evolving so rapidly, it can be hard to keep pace with all the new additions. To answer that question I’ve built this ‘enhanced gigapixel’ – where information is overlaid onto the image. You can click on an info point to…
Artillery Ground, Evening

This cityscape overlooks a part of the City of London that many of those dashing down the streets of Finsbury will never see. The vibrant green of the Artillery Ground contrasts sharply with the surrounding buildings. It belongs to the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC). The HAC building, Armoury House (not in view here), overlooks the…
Ultra High Resolution Images for Exhibitions

The images I capture are big – created through capturing and stitching multiple smaller images. Using medium format allows me to capture ultra high resolution images so when the final image is made, the file and the resolution is enormous. Size really does matter when you want to print big, without losing any quality along…
Virgin Radio HQ Cityscape Panorama

Virgin Radio HQ is in the News Building in London Bridge Street. Breakfast show DJ Chris Evans wanted to walk into work past an enormous cityscape panorama of the City of London. Will was commissioned to shoot a hi-res cityscape from the roof of the News Building to fit the bill. You can see the…
Fine Art Photography Print Shop Launches

It has been a long while in the making but I’ve now launched a brand new site – WillPearson.com – dedicated to selling fine art prints of my work. The site makes it simple for anyone looking to buy fine art photography online to: – see how every image will look both framed and unframed–…
City of London Dusk

This gigapixel cityscape captures the City of London at dusk, as the windows light up and the city gets ready to wind down. Any fears about London’s future look utterly unfounded when you look at this skyline. When I started shooting the city the major buildings in this view would have been Tower 42 and…
Silver Gilded Photography at Sotheby’s

I’m delighted to have had one of my silver gilded photography images selected for an exhibition at Sotheby’s, London. Silvered City is a panoramic view over some of the City of London’s most iconic buildings. There is immense drama in these buildings, but their seriousness is lightened by the City’s oldest famed building peeping through…
Large Scale Panorama at Gatwick Airport

Art for Airports at Gatwick’s North Terminal International Departures A 32-metre gigapixel panorama installed at Gatwick Airport’s North Terminal. Printed on a Tension Fabric System, the piece delivers museum-grade detail at airport scale. It’s sharp up close, and impactful right across the concourse. Produced as part of Gatwick’s £1bn transformation, the panorama comprises 10 fabric…
Canary Wharf Pier

View across the River Thames from Rotherhithe over to Canary Wharf. Canary Wharf Pier is visible down on the water, and it’s here that the Thames Clipper docks with commuters coming from up and downriver to work at Canary Wharf. The tallest building in the image is One Canada Square, also visible are 25 Canada…
Isle of Dogs

Canary Wharf was built on the old West India Docks in the Isle of Dogs. With the advent of major container ships in the 1960s, the docks, which were suitable only for smaller vessels, had steadily declined and by 1980 had closed entirely. The area has been reinvented as a major London business district, with…
Winter Sun London

View from the roof of the Leadenhall Building looking out over London in the January sun. This is one of the times of day that light and the clouds can alter swiftly, and to capture a high resolution image in the few instants before you lose that special moment where sunlight and cloud concatenate is…
Planate London – London Bridge Quarter

No.1 London Bridge (the building with the cut-out section right by the bridge) forms the foreground to the dramatic cluster at London Bridge Quarter, home to the Shard. It has become a more exciting section of the Thames to shoot, and the river moorings have a pleasing echo of the Shard’s shape. Many people’s experience…
London’s Skyline

The scale of London can only be truly appreciated from a height. There is no better place in London to do this than from the Shard. This image was shot from the very top of the Shard, 310 metres above London, which is more than 60 metres above the public viewing platform on the 72nd…
Waterloo Motion

Motion@Waterloo is the UK’s largest indoor advertising screen, stretching 40 metres wide by 3 metres tall. It will certainly capture your attention if you’re wandering through the concourse at London’s Waterloo Station, the busiest train station in the UK with an annual footfall of over 100 million. The creation of JCDecaux, the sheer size of…
Infinitely London

London photos featuring many of London’s most iconic buildings. London’s skyline is constantly changing and this high resolution panorama features two striking new buildings, both close to completion. In the foreground is 20 Fenchurch Street. Its nickname the ‘Walkie Talkie’ can be attributed to its bulging, concave form. Just behind is The Leadenhall Building, rising…
Rays Over London Panorama

A dramatic panorama of London, looking up the River Thames past Waterloo Bridge, Hungerford Bridge towards Westminster. The Sun’s rays are bursting through a stormy sky, illuminating many of London’s well known landmarks. These rays are known as crepuscular and often appear in conjunction with stratocumulus storm clouds. Visible in the panorama is the London…
Pudong View, Shanghai

Deep Zoom Panorama taking in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China, looking out onto the dramatic structure of the Oriental Pearl Tower (Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower). Looking to the far left of the panorama you can zoom in to see the French Concession. The Bund is on the far side of the Huangpu…
Deep Zoom View From The Shard – Guardian Interactive Feature

To mark the opening of the Shard’s viewing gallery (‘The View from The Shard’), today The Guardian are featuring 2 of my interactive deep-zoom images captured from The Shard in their online and print edition. The online edition features an exciting interface which allows you to zoom in and click on hotspots for information. As…
Into The City

Here you can really look into the City – the panorama is incredibly high resolution so whilst you can stay panned back to take in the views over the Barbican to the Heron Tower, Tower 42, The Gherkin at St Mary Axe, the new Rothschilds Bank HQ at St Swithin’s Lane and the Shard, go…
View from the Docks Gigapixel Panorama

This image was shot as part of a commission for the cable car across the Thames, the Emirates Air Line. It was captured near Royal Victoria Docks and takes in a huge view across South and East London, and distant landmarks like the QEII Bridge at Dartford. You can zoom in and explore in detail…
Twilight view from the Shard

Twilight view from the Shard – London’s tallest and most spectacular skyscraper, The Shard at London Bridge. The River Thames sweeps past the illuminated City of London from Tower Bridge past London Bridge to Millennium Bridge and beyond. Many of London’s landmarks are visible in the cityscape, from Canary Wharf to the towering City of…
Hampstead Heath View 2012

Looking beyond the greenery of Hampstead Heath towards London and its iconic Landmarks. The newly completed Shard is a striking addition to the skyline. The panorama stretches from BT Tower in the west to Broadgate Tower in the City of London.
Gigapixel 360 Panorama from the Shard

This is a 360 gigapixel panorama which I shot from the crane at the top of the Shard, London Bridge while it was still under construction. At the time of its opening, The Shard was the tallest building in the European Union. As at 2025, it’s the second tallest (outside Russia), beaten only by the…
View From The South Bank

Panoramic view from the South Bank London looking out onto Canary Wharf, the City of London, The Shard, St Pauls Cathedral and The Olympic Village. This is a very high resolution panorama, you can zoom in to see details and further explore London’s landmark buildings, including Tower 42, 30 St Mary Axe, The Barbican, Heron…
Shard London Bridge Summit

This 360 image was captured at the top of the Shard London Bridge, 310m above London, on the night of the student protests in November 2010. You can see the police helicopters hovering over London above the demonstration. Technically this was a very difficult shoot, I was on the crane at the top of the…