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)

Photograph from In Wildness

Eliot Porter

Photograph from In Wildness

Sale Date: May 17, 2013

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Photograph from In Wildness

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Photograph from In Wildness

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Frostbitten apples (from Intimate Landscapes), 1970

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Frostbitten apples (from Intimate Landscapes), 1970

Sale Date: April 26, 2013

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In Wildness (10 works), 1981

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In Wildness (10 works), 1981

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Rock Eroded Stream Bed, Coyote Gulch, Utah * , 1971

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Rock Eroded Stream Bed, Coyote Gulch, Utah * , 1971

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Maple and Birch Trunks, New Hampshire, 1956

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Maple and Birch Trunks, New Hampshire, 1956

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Macau, 1985

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Frozen Apples, Tesuque, New Mexico, 1966

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Frozen Apples, Tesuque, New Mexico, 1966

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Stones and Cracked Mud, Black Place, New..., 1977

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Stones and Cracked Mud, Black Place, New..., 1977

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Glen Canyon (portfolio of 10), 1961–1971

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Glen Canyon (portfolio of 10), 1961–1971

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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Intimate landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

Eliot Porter

Intimate landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

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Selected nature studies (3 works), 1953–1968

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Selected nature studies (3 works), 1953–1968

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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Blueberry bushes near Keene Valley,..., 1963

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Blueberry bushes near Keene Valley,..., 1963

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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Lava and volcanic debris, Sullivan Bay,..., 1966

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Lava and volcanic debris, Sullivan Bay,..., 1966

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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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 16, 2012

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Certain Passages (portfolio of 8), 1942–1976

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Certain Passages (portfolio of 8), 1942–1976

Sale Date: February 26, 2013

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Redbud Tree in Bottom Land, Red River Gorge, , 1968

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Redbud Tree in Bottom Land, Red River Gorge, , 1968

Sale Date: February 1, 2013

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Foxtail Grass, Lake City, Colorado, 1957

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Foxtail Grass, Lake City, Colorado, 1957

Sale Date: February 1, 2013

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Sunflower and Sand Dune, Colorado, 1959

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Sunflower and Sand Dune, Colorado, 1959

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Sculptured Rock, Marble Canyon, Arizona, 1967

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Sculptured Rock, Marble Canyon, Arizona, 1967

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Dogwood and Oak Trees (from Trees), 1968

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Dogwood and Oak Trees (from Trees), 1968

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Old Cottonwod Tree (from Trees), 1963

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Old Cottonwod Tree (from Trees), 1963

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Church/Belltower

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Church/Belltower

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Dungeon Canyon/Glen Canyon

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Dungeon Canyon/Glen Canyon

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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