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.

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Eliot Porter (629 results)
In Wildness, 1981

Eliot Porter

In Wildness, 1981

Sale Date: September 29, 2014

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Shad Tree in Bloom, Gt. Smoky Mts., 14 April, 1968

Eliot Porter

Shad Tree in Bloom, Gt. Smoky Mts., 14 April, 1968

Sale Date: April 17, 2014

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Eliot Porter: Western Landscapes (12 works), 1988

Eliot Porter

Eliot Porter: Western Landscapes (12 works), 1988

Sale Date: April 3, 2014

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Gray's Arch, 1988

Eliot Porter

Gray's Arch, 1988

Sale Date: December 15, 2013

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Colorful trees, Newfound Gap Road, Great..., 1967

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Colorful trees, Newfound Gap Road, Great..., 1967

Sale Date: December 15, 2013

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Maple Leave And Pine Needles, 1956

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Maple Leave And Pine Needles, 1956

Sale Date: December 15, 2013

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Californian Rocky Ocean line

Eliot Porter

Californian Rocky Ocean line

Sale Date: December 15, 2013

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Rock-eroded stream bed, Coyote Gulch, Utah, 1971

Eliot Porter

Rock-eroded stream bed, Coyote Gulch, Utah, 1971

Sale Date: December 15, 2013

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Five Plates (portfolio of 5), 1981

Eliot Porter

Five Plates (portfolio of 5), 1981

Sale Date: December 8, 2013

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All Under Heaven (China), 1983

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All Under Heaven (China), 1983

Sale Date: December 12, 2013

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Water-Streaked Wall, Warm Springs Canyon,..., 1965

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Water-Streaked Wall, Warm Springs Canyon,..., 1965

Sale Date: November 25, 2013

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Edge of the Colorado River at Mile 122,..., 1967

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Edge of the Colorado River at Mile 122,..., 1967

Sale Date: November 25, 2013

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Gray's Arch, Red River Gorge, Kentucky (from , 1968

Eliot Porter

Gray's Arch, Red River Gorge, Kentucky (from , 1968

Sale Date: November 25, 2013

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Asters and Rasberries, Oak Island, Maine..., 1973

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Asters and Rasberries, Oak Island, Maine..., 1973

Sale Date: November 25, 2013

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Apples, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine..., 1942

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Apples, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine..., 1942

Sale Date: November 25, 2013

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Redbud Trees in Bottom Land, Red River..., 1968

Eliot Porter

Redbud Trees in Bottom Land, Red River..., 1968

Sale Date: November 2, 2013

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Six Plates (from Intimate Landscapes), 1956–1977

Eliot Porter

Six Plates (from Intimate Landscapes), 1956–1977

Sale Date: October 29, 2013

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Intimate Landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

Eliot Porter

Intimate Landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

Sale Date: October 29, 2013

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Waterfall, Hagavatin, Iceland, 1972

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Waterfall, Hagavatin, Iceland, 1972

Sale Date: October 17, 2013

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Trees (set of 10 from Trees), 1958–1975

Eliot Porter

Trees (set of 10 from Trees), 1958–1975

Sale Date: October 2, 2013

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Intimate landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

Eliot Porter

Intimate landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

Sale Date: October 2, 2013

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Maple and birch trunks and oak leaves,..., 1956

Eliot Porter

Maple and birch trunks and oak leaves,..., 1956

Sale Date: September 10, 2013

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Tidal marsh, Desert Island, Maine (plate 51..., 1965

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Tidal marsh, Desert Island, Maine (plate 51..., 1965

Sale Date: May 23, 2013

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Certain passages (portfolio of 8), 1942–1976

Eliot Porter

Certain passages (portfolio of 8), 1942–1976

Sale Date: May 24, 2013

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