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)

Trees (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1957–1968

Eliot Porter

Trees (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1957–1968

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Seal Island, Maine, 1930

Eliot Porter

Seal Island, Maine, 1930

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Lady's slippers, Tamworth, New Hampshire, 1953

Eliot Porter

Lady's slippers, Tamworth, New Hampshire, 1953

Sale Date: October 18, 2011

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Untitled (Waterfall) (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1980

Eliot Porter

Untitled (Waterfall) (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1980

Sale Date: October 18, 2011

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Redbud trees in bottomland

Eliot Porter

Redbud trees in bottomland

Sale Date: August 5, 2011

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Tidal marsh, Mt. Desert Island

Eliot Porter

Tidal marsh, Mt. Desert Island

Sale Date: August 5, 2011

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Tree plums (from Intimate landscapes), 1979

Eliot Porter

Tree plums (from Intimate landscapes), 1979

Sale Date: May 27, 2011

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Untitled (Canyon view), 1980

Eliot Porter

Untitled (Canyon view), 1980

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Waterfall, Hagavatin, Iceland, 1972

Eliot Porter

Waterfall, Hagavatin, Iceland, 1972

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Columbine leaves, Maine (+ Shadbush, New..., 1974

Eliot Porter

Columbine leaves, Maine (+ Shadbush, New..., 1974

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Intimate landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

Eliot Porter

Intimate landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

Sale Date: April 6, 2011

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Intimate landscapes, 1968

Eliot Porter

Intimate landscapes, 1968

Sale Date: March 25, 2010

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Redbud three in bottomland, near Red River..., 1968

Eliot Porter

Redbud three in bottomland, near Red River..., 1968

Sale Date: April 24, 2008

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Dogwood and oak trees, 1968

Eliot Porter

Dogwood and oak trees, 1968

Sale Date: December 29, 2010

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Snowy egret, Everglades National Park, Florida, 1974

Eliot Porter

Snowy egret, Everglades National Park, Florida, 1974

Sale Date: December 9, 2010

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Water-streaked wall, Warm Spring Canyon,..., 1965

Eliot Porter

Water-streaked wall, Warm Spring Canyon,..., 1965

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Aspens, Colorado (from Certain passages), 1959

Eliot Porter

Aspens, Colorado (from Certain passages), 1959

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Bracken and hawkseed, Seney, Michichan, July , 1973

Eliot Porter

Bracken and hawkseed, Seney, Michichan, July , 1973

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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

Eliot Porter

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

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Foxtail grass, Indian spring, Great San..., 1976

Eliot Porter

Foxtail grass, Indian spring, Great San..., 1976

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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

Eliot Porter

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

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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

Eliot Porter

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

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Iceland, portfolio II (12 works), 1975

Eliot Porter

Iceland, portfolio II (12 works), 1975

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Untitled (+ 8 others; 9 works from In..., 1953–1968

Eliot Porter

Untitled (+ 8 others; 9 works from In..., 1953–1968

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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