Eliot Porter

(American, 1901–1990)

Eliot Porter was an American photographer known for his richly colored images of the natural world. “Every photograph that is made whether by one who considers himself a professional, or by the tourist who points his snapshot camera and pushes a button, is a response to the exterior world,” the artist mused. “To something perceived outside himself by the person who operates the camera.” Born on December 6, 1901 in Winnetka, IL, his interest in nature was fostered by his family from a young age. He began photographing his family’s island property as a youth in Maine, before going on to study chemical engineering at Harvard University. After graduating in the mid-1930s, his brother the painter and art critic Fairfield Porter, encouraged his latent interest in photography and arranged introductions for him with both Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz. In the early 1940s, after having committed to pursue a career in photography, he began the transition from traditional black and white film to the new Kodachrome color film used by magazine photographers. Throughout the following decades, he published a number of critically acclaimed photography books, including In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World (1962), capturing the disappearing wilderness of America as well as the Galápagos Islands, Antarctica, and East Africa. The artist died on November 2, 1990 in Santa Fe, NM. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Eliot Porter Artworks

Eliot Porter (629 results)

Portfolio Two Iceland, 1977

Eliot Porter

Portfolio Two Iceland, 1977

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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LICHEN ON ROCK, BARRED ISLAND, ME

Eliot Porter

LICHEN ON ROCK, BARRED ISLAND, ME

Sale Date: November 19, 2016

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Dungeon Canyon, Glen Canyon, Utah *..., 1961–1962

Eliot Porter

Dungeon Canyon, Glen Canyon, Utah *..., 1961–1962

Sale Date: October 25, 2016

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Portfolio Two: Iceland (portfolio of 12 works), 1972

Eliot Porter

Portfolio Two: Iceland (portfolio of 12 works), 1972

Sale Date: October 25, 2016

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GLEN CANYON, 1961

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GLEN CANYON, 1961

Sale Date: October 7, 2016

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Untitled (from Intimate Landscapes..., 1979

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Untitled (from Intimate Landscapes..., 1979

Sale Date: October 9, 2016

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Glen Canyon Portfolio (10 works), 1980

Eliot Porter

Glen Canyon Portfolio (10 works), 1980

Sale Date: February 25, 2016

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Green Reflections in Stream, Moqui Creek,..., 1962

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Green Reflections in Stream, Moqui Creek,..., 1962

Sale Date: May 13, 2016

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Dungeon Canyon, Glen Canyon, August 29, 1961, 1961

Eliot Porter

Dungeon Canyon, Glen Canyon, August 29, 1961, 1961

Sale Date: May 13, 2016

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Reflections in Pool, Indian Creek, Escalante , 1965

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Reflections in Pool, Indian Creek, Escalante , 1965

Sale Date: May 9, 2016

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Juniper Tree, Arches National Monument,..., 1958

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Juniper Tree, Arches National Monument,..., 1958

Sale Date: May 5, 2016

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Foxtail Grass, Indian Spring, Great Sand..., 1976

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Foxtail Grass, Indian Spring, Great Sand..., 1976

Sale Date: May 5, 2016

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Glen Canyon Portfolio, 1980

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Glen Canyon Portfolio, 1980

Sale Date: April 19, 2016

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Silverton, Colorado, 1951, 1951

Eliot Porter

Silverton, Colorado, 1951, 1951

Sale Date: April 17, 2016

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White Boulder, Black Place, New Mexico, 1945, 1945

Eliot Porter

White Boulder, Black Place, New Mexico, 1945, 1945

Sale Date: April 17, 2016

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Poplars with Lichens, Great Spruce Head..., 1968

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Poplars with Lichens, Great Spruce Head..., 1968

Sale Date: December 13, 2015

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River edge at sunset, Below Piute Rapids,..., 1962

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River edge at sunset, Below Piute Rapids,..., 1962

Sale Date: October 15, 2015

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White Boulder, Black Place, NM, 1945

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White Boulder, Black Place, NM, 1945

Sale Date: October 15, 2015

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River at Sunset, 1962

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River at Sunset, 1962

Sale Date: September 28, 2015

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Dark Canyon on the Colorado River, Utah, 1968

Eliot Porter

Dark Canyon on the Colorado River, Utah, 1968

Sale Date: September 11, 2015

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Poplars with Lichens, 1968

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Poplars with Lichens, 1968

Sale Date: June 3, 2015

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Poplars with Lichens, 1988

Eliot Porter

Poplars with Lichens, 1988

Sale Date: July 21, 2015

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Trunks of Maple and Birch with Oak Leaves, NH, 1956

Eliot Porter

Trunks of Maple and Birch with Oak Leaves, NH, 1956

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

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Shadbush Near Hillsborough, NH, 1957

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Shadbush Near Hillsborough, NH, 1957

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

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