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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Adirondacks, 1963

Eliot Porter

Adirondacks, 1963

Sale Date: April 18, 2009

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Adirondacks, 1963

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Adirondacks, 1963

Sale Date: April 18, 2009

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Glen Canyon (portfolio of 7), 1960–1971

Eliot Porter

Glen Canyon (portfolio of 7), 1960–1971

Sale Date: April 18, 2009

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Georgia O'Keeffe with bust by Mary Callery,..., 1945

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Georgia O'Keeffe with bust by Mary Callery,..., 1945

Sale Date: December 10, 2009

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Rock formation

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Rock formation

Sale Date: November 19, 2009

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Waterslide from above, long canyon (from The , 1965

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Waterslide from above, long canyon (from The , 1965

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Escalante river outwash, Glen Canyon (from..., 1962

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Escalante river outwash, Glen Canyon (from..., 1962

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Ruess Archand Amphitheater (from The Glen..., 1965

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Ruess Archand Amphitheater (from The Glen..., 1965

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Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River Utah..., 1962

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Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River Utah..., 1962

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Green reflections in stream, Moki Canyon..., 1962

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Green reflections in stream, Moki Canyon..., 1962

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Dungeon Canyon, Glen Canyon (from The Glen..., 1961

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Dungeon Canyon, Glen Canyon (from The Glen..., 1961

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Reflections in pool, Indian Creek (from the..., 1965

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Reflections in pool, Indian Creek (from the..., 1965

Sale Date: November 19, 2009

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Sunflower and sandune (from In wildness), 1959

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Sunflower and sandune (from In wildness), 1959

Sale Date: December 2, 2009

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White Aspens and Hillside, Near Steamboat..., 1975

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White Aspens and Hillside, Near Steamboat..., 1975

Sale Date: June 8, 2009

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Dry Cypress Swamp, Tamiami Trail, Florida..., 1974

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Dry Cypress Swamp, Tamiami Trail, Florida..., 1974

Sale Date: June 8, 2009

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In Wildness (portfolio of 10, various..., 1953–1981

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In Wildness (portfolio of 10, various..., 1953–1981

Sale Date: May 27, 2009

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China (group of 4 works), 1980

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China (group of 4 works), 1980

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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Nature photographs (pair of works), 1964

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Nature photographs (pair of works), 1964

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The seasons (set of 12 works), 1951–1961

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The seasons (set of 12 works), 1951–1961

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Cloud studies (choice group of 3 works), 1940–1949

Eliot Porter

Cloud studies (choice group of 3 works), 1940–1949

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The Seasons (portfolio), 1951–1961

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The Seasons (portfolio), 1951–1961

Sale Date: April 2, 2009

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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: November 21, 2008

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Adirondacks, 1963

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Adirondacks, 1963

Sale Date: November 21, 2008

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Vermilion flycatchers

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Vermilion flycatchers

Sale Date: November 21, 2008

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