London born photographer Norman McGrath was educated in Ireland where he earned an engineering degree at Trinity College Dublin. His father was the Australian- born architect, artist and author Raymond McGrath. McGrath moved to New York where he worked as a structural engineer before gradually switching to the field of architectural and interior photography.

His long career dating from the sixties includes a wide variety of work for many well-known Architects, designers and corporate clients. Virtually every major architectural publication has featured his images and his Photographing Buildings inside and out sold over 47,000 copies.

Norman McGrath authored Architectural Photography in 2009, for Random House (Amphoto). In 2010 the third edition of Manhattan Skyscrapers appeared, co-authored by Eric Nash for Princeton Architectural Press and major contributions to many other books. Most recently Norman completed photography for Rooftop Gardens for Rizzoli published 2011.

In addition to his assignment work, Norman McGrath lectures and teaches for Maine Media Workshops and Canon selected him for their Explorer of Light program.

In 1985 the America Institute for Architecture awarded McGrath its Institute Honor and the New York chapter gave him a special citation for photography in 1999.  A retrospective exhibition took place in the Center for Architecture, NYC in June 2011.

The Library of Congress has recently concluded an agreement to receive Norman’s extensive archive.

From one of Norman's students:

"Being able to experience the fine technical details of architectural photography under Norman McGrath's leadership, one of the pioneers of this field, was invaluable to my development and learning."
- Lauren Ricker, Seattle, WA