Reinhard Westphal travels the world photographing imagery of oil and gas exploration, drilling, production, treatment and distribution for a wide variety of clients in the corporate and industrial sectors.

Services include architectural photography of the facility, emphasising exteriors and interiors; photography of the workforce and the industrial manufacturing process; industrial product photography for products that range in size from macro to jumbo; aerial photography from both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters; and industrial portraits of the workforce.

He also specialises in location work for corporate annual reports and other business collateral.

Clients include Shell, ADNOC Group, Dolphin Energy, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Vitol Group, Wintershall Holding GmbH, Schlumberger, DPA, Drydocks World and McDermott.

Visit Reinhard’s website to see more corporate images and his wide-ranging commercial portfolio.

Reinhard Westphal is an architectural photographer specialising in creating images for the luxury hospitality industry, architecture firms, interior designers and developers. 

Reinhard combines traditional photography techniques with modern digital capture and post processing methods to create photographs that not only document the space, but also portray the space in an artistic manner.

Based in Dubai, Reinhard has recently been shooting for the Emirates Palace, an iconic Abu Dhabi landmark.

Reinhard travels globally with all gear necessary for any job.

Reinhard Westphal has extensive experience working within the oil and gas industry sector for some of the world’s largest companies. He understand the complexities and considerations needed to work on these high value sites.

Reinhard also has the necessary certificates and qualifications to work offshore on oil rigs.

Typical services include offshore construction progress photography, oil drilling and oil rig photography, gas plant photography, vertical and oblique aerial photography from both fixed-wing aircrafts and helicopters, annual reports and industrial product photography.

Clients include Shell, ADNOC Group, Dolphin Energy, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Vitol Group, Wintershall Holding GmbH, Schlumberger, DPA, Drydocks World and McDermott.

Reinhard is based in Dubai and travels all over the world.

Reinhard Westphal is based in Dubai but travels nation- and world-wide serving his clients as an architectural and interior photographer.

In the mid-80s he received a degree in Aerial and Close-Range Photogrammetry from SSPO - St.Gallen, Switzerland. A stint in the world of geospatial imaging in Switzerland and Germany for Hansa Luftbild Air Surveys was then followed by more photogrammetric mapping projects in the Middle East, before he established his own company in Dubai.

Reinhard is an expert in photography of large scale commercial projects including office buildings, shopping malls, retail stores, skyscrapers and public and cultural spaces. 

Other areas of expertise include luxury hotels and resorts. Over the years, Reinhard has photographed many brands and styles of hotels and resorts around the world, including InterContinental, Kempinski Hotels S.A., Hilton Brands, Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Sheraton, Ritz Carlton, Rocco Forte, the iconic Emirates Palace and others, as well as independent and small luxury hotels. He works closely with a brand’s creative team to adhere to their specific requirements while consistently producing strong imagery that features the unique venues, rooms, suites and locations of a property.

Reinhard Westphal is a Dubai-based architectural photographer who specialises in capturing the architecture and lifestyle of the world’s most luxurious hotels and resorts.

He has used every camera type and format, from 120 to 8x10 inches, but now does all his work using the latest digital cameras. A signature skill in lighting, an uncompromising eye for detail, and a high level of expertise in digital retouching are a few of his trademarks.

Reinhard covers all aspects of hotel-resort photography, including not only the exterior architecture and interior spaces of a hospitality property, but also lifestyle photography of people and recreational activities, food and beverage photography, and photography of other hospitality amenities present at resorts and hotels.

Reinhard’s passion is well recognised and awarded within the photographic industry both domestically and internationally.

Reinhard Westphal is a professional photographer based in Dubai who travels all over the world for his assignments. His studio is your location.

His work encompasses hotels and resorts, architecture and interiors, still life and food photography for advertising, commercial, and editorial markets.

His clients include multinational companies, book publishers, international advertising agencies and international hotel groups.