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, in wildness (portfolio of 10), 1981

Eliot Porter

Eliot Porter, in wildness (portfolio of 10), 1981

Sale Date: February 19, 2009

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The seasons, 1951–1961

Eliot Porter

The seasons, 1951–1961

Sale Date: December 11, 2008

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Cartagos bay, Galapagos Islands, 1966

Eliot Porter

Cartagos bay, Galapagos Islands, 1966

Sale Date: October 21, 2008

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Waterpocket fold, Utah, 1963

Eliot Porter

Waterpocket fold, Utah, 1963

Sale Date: October 21, 2008

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Cypress Swamp the seasons (from Portfolio I, , 1954

Eliot Porter

Cypress Swamp the seasons (from Portfolio I, , 1954

Sale Date: September 14, 2008

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Intimate landscapes, 1954-1977 (9 works), 1979

Eliot Porter

Intimate landscapes, 1954-1977 (9 works), 1979

Sale Date: May 17, 2008

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G.S.M.N.P.(Great Smokey Mountain National..., 1968

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G.S.M.N.P.(Great Smokey Mountain National..., 1968

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Untitled (Tree by creek), 1956

Eliot Porter

Untitled (Tree by creek), 1956

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Osprey (from Birds in flight, portfolio , 1958–1976

Eliot Porter

Osprey (from Birds in flight, portfolio , 1958–1976

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Glen Canyon (10 works), 1960–1971

Eliot Porter

Glen Canyon (10 works), 1960–1971

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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Certain passages (set of 8), 1942–1976

Eliot Porter

Certain passages (set of 8), 1942–1976

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Trees (set of 10), 1958–1975

Eliot Porter

Trees (set of 10), 1958–1975

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In wildness (portfolio of 10), 1953–1981

Eliot Porter

In wildness (portfolio of 10), 1953–1981

Sale Date: April 8, 2008

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Intimate landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

Eliot Porter

Intimate landscapes (portfolio of 10), 1956–1977

Sale Date: April 8, 2008

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In wildness (set of 10 works), 1981

Eliot Porter

In wildness (set of 10 works), 1981

Sale Date: February 20, 2008

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Forest details (+ 3 others; 4 works), 1950–1959

Eliot Porter

Forest details (+ 3 others; 4 works), 1950–1959

Sale Date: February 20, 2008

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Coyote Gulch, Escalante River, August 17, 1980, 1971

Eliot Porter

Coyote Gulch, Escalante River, August 17, 1980, 1971

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Reflections in pool, Indian Creek, Escalante , 1965

Eliot Porter

Reflections in pool, Indian Creek, Escalante , 1965

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Waterslide from above, Long Canyon,..., 1965

Eliot Porter

Waterslide from above, Long Canyon,..., 1965

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Ruess arch and amphitheater, Davis Gulch,..., 1965

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Ruess arch and amphitheater, Davis Gulch,..., 1965

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Redbud in bloom, hidden passage, Glen..., 1963

Eliot Porter

Redbud in bloom, hidden passage, Glen..., 1963

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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

Eliot Porter

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

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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

Eliot Porter

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

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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

Eliot Porter

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

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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