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)

Escalante River Outwash, Glen Canyon, 1962

Eliot Porter

Escalante River Outwash, Glen Canyon, 1962

Sale Date: June 4, 2015

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Foxtail Grass, Great Sand Dunes, Colorado, 1967

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Foxtail Grass, Great Sand Dunes, Colorado, 1967

Sale Date: June 4, 2015

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Waterslide from Above, Long Canyon, September...

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Waterslide from Above, Long Canyon, September...

Sale Date: May 26, 2015

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Red Osier. Near Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

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Red Osier. Near Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Sale Date: May 29, 2015

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Tennessee (dogwood), 1968

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Tennessee (dogwood), 1968

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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In Wildness portfolio (10 works), 1953–1981

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In Wildness portfolio (10 works), 1953–1981

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Shadbush Near Hillsborough, NH, 1957

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Shadbush Near Hillsborough, NH, 1957

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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

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

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Juniper Tree, 1988

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Juniper Tree, 1988

Sale Date: April 23, 2015

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Old Cottonwood Tree, 1988

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Old Cottonwood Tree, 1988

Sale Date: April 23, 2015

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Red Tree Near Cades Cove, 1988

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Red Tree Near Cades Cove, 1988

Sale Date: March 28, 2015

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Glen canyon, 1961–1971

Eliot Porter

Glen canyon, 1961–1971

Sale Date: April 1, 2015

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Intimate landscapes, 1956–1977

Eliot Porter

Intimate landscapes, 1956–1977

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Birds in Flight (8 works), 1978

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Birds in Flight (8 works), 1978

Sale Date: April 2, 2015

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Trees (3 works), 1988

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Trees (3 works), 1988

Sale Date: February 7, 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: December 11, 2014

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Path In Wood (from In Wilderness (4 works)), 1981

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Path In Wood (from In Wilderness (4 works)), 1981

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Intimate Landscapes (10 works), 1979

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Intimate Landscapes (10 works), 1979

Sale Date: November 18, 2014

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Aspens in Early Spring, New Mexico, 1957

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Aspens in Early Spring, New Mexico, 1957

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Egret, Everglades Natonal Park, Florida, 1972

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Egret, Everglades Natonal Park, Florida, 1972

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Waterfall, 1940–1959

Eliot Porter

Waterfall, 1940–1959

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Selected Images (12 works), 1957–1984

Eliot Porter

Selected Images (12 works), 1957–1984

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Glen Canyon, 1980

Eliot Porter

Glen Canyon, 1980

Sale Date: September 29, 2014

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